Central Organising Committee, Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Shantipal explained

Central Organising Committee, Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Shantipal was an underground political party in India. The Shanti Pal group emerged as through a split in the North Bengal-Bihar Regional Committee of the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist), being the pro-Lin Biao faction.[1] The leader of the faction, Shanti Pal, had been a school teacher in Phansidewa who became a key CPI(ML) leader.[2] After forming his own faction Pal remained loyal to the line of the CPI(ML) leader Charu Majumdar.[2] Pal's party combatted landlords in areas like Godda and Sahebganj.[3] The party opposes participation in elections and calls for armed agrarian revolution.[4] [5]

As of 1981 COC, CPI(ML) Shanti Pal had influence in Bhawanipur, Rupauli, Dhamdaha and Barhatta blocks of Purnea district and parts of Katihar district.[6] On 9 March 1993 COC, CPI(ML) Shanti Pal militants killed nine people in Amjhora village, Banka District. As of 2006 the leader of Shanti Pal group in Madhepura was in jail, sentenced for the killing of a mukhya.[7]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Maj Gen PJS Sandhu (Retd). Strategies for Countering Non State Actors in South Asia. 14 December 2011. Vij Books India Pvt Ltd. 978-93-82573-44-9. 128.
  2. Book: Amiya K. Samanta. Left extremist movement in West Bengal: an experiment in armed agrarian struggle. 1984. Firma KLM. 312. 9780836412642 .
  3. News: The Telegraph . Red brigade eyes Godda as new frontier. https://web.archive.org/web/20170827044208/https://www.telegraphindia.com/1021112/asp/jharkhand/story_1375725.asp . dead . 27 August 2017 .
  4. Book: Ved Marwah. Uncivil Wars: Pathology of Terrorism in India. 1997. HarperCollins. 978-81-7223-251-1. 330.
  5. Book: Türkkaya Ataöv. Kashmir and Neighbours: Tale, Terror, Truce. registration. 1 January 2001. Ashgate. 978-0-7546-2252-9. 193.
  6. Book: Amrik Singh Nimbran. Amrik Singh Nimbran. Poverty, Land, and Violence: An Analytical Study of Naxalism in Bihar. 1992. Layman's Publications. 123.
  7. News: Times of India . Naxal fear stalks Madhepura . 3 May 2006 . Deo Narayan . Saha . 23 August 2019 .

This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Central Organising Committee, Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Shantipal".

Except where otherwise indicated, Everything.Explained.Today is © Copyright 2009-2024, A B Cryer, All Rights Reserved. Cookie policy.