Political Parties In India

West Bangal All India Forward Bloc

Chairperson	N. Velappan Nair
Founded	1939
Headquarters	28, Gurudwara Rakab Ganj Road, New Delhi 110001
Newspaper	Towards Socialism, Lokmat
Ideology	Left-wing nationalism, Socialism
ECI Status	State Party
Alliance	Left Front

There is a nationalist political party known as All India Forward Bloc which is a leftwing political party in the country. It came up as a faction in the Indian National Congress in the year 1939, and intersestingly it was Subash Chandra Bose who led it. The party got its establishment again as an independent party after India got independence. It has got its major stronghold in the state of West Bengal.

There is a belief in the theory of class struggle having its complete implications. The major aim is to establish a Union of Socialist Republic in the country which would lead to a classless society with the help of a socialist revolution.

During the task of determination of the course of revolution, the forms as well as the contents at each phase and in an effort of applying the scientific socialism universal truth, it would continuously seek to consider the national conditions of the objectives, particularities as well as the contexts.

History

The Forward Bloc of the Indian National Congress was created on 3rd May 1939 by Netaji Subash Chandra Bose, who signed again from the Indian National Congress’s presidency on 29th April after having been outmaneuvered by Gandhiji. The creation of the Forward Bloc was declared publicly at a rally in the city of Calcutta. Bose had said that all those who joined, they were supposed to never turn their back to British and had to fill the form of pledge by cutting their finger as well as doing their signature with their blood. At the outset, there were seventeen young girls who turned up to sign the pledge form. In the initial times, the objective of the Forward Bloc was to rally the leftwing sections in the Congress itself and produce an alternate leadership within the Congress. Bose had become the president of Forward Bloc while S.S. Cavesheer became its vice-president. There was a Forward Bloc Conference organized in Bombay in June end. During that conference the constitution along with the program of the Forward Bloc got approval. In the month of July in the year 1939, Subhas Chandra Bose declared the Forward Bloc’s Committee. It comprised of  Subhas Chandra Bose as a president, while S.S. Cavesheer who belonged to Punjab became a vice-president, Lal Shankarlal of Delhi, was its general secretary whereas Pandit B Tripathi as well as Khurshed Nariman belonging to Bombay became secretaries. Other significant members were as follows: Annapurniah from Andhra Pradesh, while Senapati Bapat and Hari Vishnu Kamnath hailed from Bombay, there was Pasumpon U. Muthuramalingam Thevar who belonged to Tamil Nadu while Sheel Bhadra Yajee of the state of Bihar. Satya Ranjan Bakshi, got an appointment as the Bengal Provincial Forward Bloc secretary.

In the month of August, the same year, Bose had started publishing a newspaper entitled as Forward Bloc. He visited across the country, giving a rally support for a project of his new political endeavor.

Organization

The Party would function in the following mass organizations as well as fronts :

• Labour — Trade Union Co-ordination Centre (TUCC)
• Peasants — All India Agragami Kisan Sabha
• Youth — AH India Youth League
• Students — All India Students' Bloc
• Volunteers— Ajad Hind Volunteers
• Women — All India Agragami Mahila Manch (Samity)
• Cultural — Lok Samskriti Samsad
• Teachers —    Organizations of Primary, Secondary, College and University teachers affiliated to the Federation of All India Primary, Secondary, College and University Teachers and Employees Organizations.

2. The Party was allowed to set up other mass organizations as well if required.

3. The Party might create 'Cell', if required for purpose of the organizations.

Popular Ministers of the Party

Subhas Chandra Bose

Subhas Chandra Bose also called as Netaji  was one of the major Indian nationalist leaders who made attempts to liberate Indians from British rule at the tough times and the waning World War II years.

Subhash Chandra Bose, who ousted from the Indian National Congress in the year 1939 after having differences with a more conservative high command, and was then further placed under a house arrest by British, had an escape from India in the year 1941. He took help form the Axis powers in getting and gaining independence of India by force. Having a Japanese endorsement, he made the Indian National Army, which had Indian soldiers from the British Indian army who were trapped by the Japanese in the Battle of Singapore. When the war became against them, the Japanese people came to support various countries to create provisional governments in the regions which were captured, and included those in Burma, Vietnam, the Philippines and the Azad Hind Provisional Government, presided by Subhash Chandra Bose. His attempts, however, did not last for long, in the year 1945, the army of British initially halted and then had reversed the Japanese U Go offensive, starting the successful section of the campaign of Burma. The Indian National Army of Bose was turned down in the Malay Peninsula, and had to surrender because of recapturing of Singapore. The reports said that Bose lost his life soon thereafter because of the third degree burns he got after attempting to run away from an overloaded Japanese plane which was crashed in Taiwan, however there are discrepancies as there are no evidences for such an incident. In the late 1945, the trials of the INA soldiers done at Red Fort, Delhi, got huge public response in India.

On 22nd June 1939, Bose formed the Forward Bloc, aiming at consolidation of the political left, however its major strength was in Bengal

Debabrata Biswas

The All India Forward Bloc politician, Shri Debabrata Biswas, is currently a Member of the Parliament in India representing West Bengal in the Rajya Sabha. The All India Forward Bloc which is a leftwing nationalist political party developed as a faction in the Indian National Congress itself, and was led by Bose.