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Central Organising Committee, Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) (Umadhar Singh)

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Central Organising Committee, Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist)
LeaderUmadhar Singh
Dissolved1985 (1985)
Split fromCPI(ML) (Satyanarayan Singh group)
Merged intoCommunist Organisation of India (Marxist-Leninist)
IdeologyMarxism-Leninism
Bihar Legislative Assembly (1985)
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The Central Organising Committee, Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) was a communist party led by Umadhar Singh, active in the early 1980s. The party was briefly represented in the Bihar Legislative Assembly.

Background

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Umadhar Singh had been a member of Satyanarayan Singh's CPI(ML), before founding his own party.[1] Singh's influence extended over the Hayaghat and Darbhanga areas of Bihar.[2]

1985 election and merger into COI(ML)

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Singh contested the March 1985 election, and won the Hayaghat seat in the Bihar Legislative Assembly.[3] Soon after the election, Singh's party merged into the Communist Organisation of India (Marxist–Leninist).[3]

References

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  1. ^ CPI(ML) New Democracy. Red Salute to CPI(ML) New Democracy Leader Com. Umadhar Singh!
  2. ^ Gulab Jha (1 January 1990). Caste And The Communist Movement. Commonwealth Publishers. p. 176. ISBN 978-81-7169-064-0.
  3. ^ a b The Illustrated Weekly of India. Published for the proprietors, Bennett, Coleman & Company, Limited, at the Times of India Press. 1985. pp. 34–35.