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Socialist Unity Center of India
SecretaryNihar Mukherjee
Founded1948
Headquarters48 Lenin Sarani, Kolkata - 700 013, India
NewspaperProletarian Era
IdeologyMarxism-Leninism, Shibdas Ghosh thoughts
AllianceIndependent
Seats in Lok SabhaNone
Seats in Rajya SabhaNone
Website
www.suci.in
SUCI rally in Kolkata

The Socialist Unity Centre of India (SUCI) is a communist party in India. SUCI was founded by Shibdas Ghosh in 1948.

Ideology

SUCI describes itself as the only genuine communist party in India[1], and follows an ideology Ghosh described as closely following Marxism-Leninism.

In difference to most other communist factions in India, SUCI analyses India as a capitalist country. In line with that analysis, the party claims to works for what they call Socialist Revolution, rather than People's Democratic Revolution (like CPI(M)) or National Democratic Revolution (like CPI)[citation needed].

Parliamentary politics

From its inception, SUCI took part in parliamentary elections and was part of the United Front governments in West Bengal in 1967-1969 and 1969-1970 together with CPI(M) and others. The SUCI had a presence in the legislative assemblies of Assam, Bihar and Orissa at various times. As of 2006, it has two MLAs in West Bengal and one in Orissa.

In the 2004 Lok Sabha elections SUCI launched 56 candidates, 30 of them from West Bengal.

Current situation

The stronghold of the party is in South 24 Parganas, West Bengal, in areas such as Jaynagar Mazilpur where it controls certain municipalities.

SUCI mural in Kolkata, announcing 'SUCI day' rally on April 24

Leadership

After Ghosh's death in 1976, Nihar Mukherjee, a co-founder of SUCI, became the General Secretary. Secretaries of the State Committees of the party are: In Madhya Pradesh & Tamil Nadu the party has State Organising Committee. The coordinator of the Madhya Pradesh committee is Uma Prasad.[2]

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SUCI poster in Malayam

Mass organizations

The principal mass organizations of SUCI are:

Publications

The central organ of SUCI is the Proletarian Era, an English forthnighly published from Kolkata.

Cover of Proletarian Era

References

  1. ^ Ghosh, Shibdas, Why SUCI is the only genuine communist party in India
  2. ^ http://www.suci.in/download/pe05152005.pdf
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