Workers Party of India

Workers Party of India

Workers Party of India, a political party in the Indian state of West Bengal. WPI has its origin in the Democratic Vanguard in India. DV was formed in 1943 when a group led by Jiban Lal Chattopadhyay broke away from the Radical Democratic Party of M.N. Roy. DV were dissatified with the development of RDP into a non-Marxist outfit. Jiban Lal Chattopadhyay had been elected secretary of the Bengal Congress in 1930.

In 1960 DV became the Workers Party of India. WPI was part of the CPI(M)-led United Front, which governed West Bengal 1967-1971. Jiban Lal Chattopadhyay died in 1970. In 1976 WPI split into two. The major faction, led by Monidranarayan Basu, retained the name WPI. The minor faction called itself Communist Workers Party.

Basu died in a car accident, and Salien Pal took over the leadership. WPI publishes "Ganabiplab" (Popular Revolution) in Bengali.

WPI has choosed to stay out of the Left Front. WPI considers CPSU as revisionist.


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