Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Janashakti

Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Janashakti, abbreviated CPI(ML) Janashakti, is a communist political party in India.

History

CPI(ML) Janashakti was formed in 1992 when seven revolutionary communist groups merged. The seven groups were:

• Communist Party of India Resistance
• Unity Centre of Communist Revolutionaries of India (Muktigami) faction
• Communist Party of India Agami Yug
• Communist Party of India P. V. Rao (break-away from Communist Party of India New Democracy)
• Communist Party of India Khokan Majumdar
• All India Coordination Committee of Communist Revolutionaries
• Communist Revolutionary Group for Unity

CPI(ML) Janashakti is mostly based in the revolutionary tradition of Andhra Pradesh, with the mass line developed by Chandra Pulla Reddy and T. Nagi Reddy, legends of the Telangana Rebellion. The party followed a combination of both armed underground and parliamentary methods of struggle. Initially things went well for the party, and in the 1994 assembly elections of Andhra Pradesh Vidhan Sabha it won a seat. It had launched 13 candidates in all and won the Sirsilla assembly seat in Karimnagar district. N. V. Krishnaiah was the candidate who won the......
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