All India Forward Bloc

<p>The All India Forward Bloc (abbr. AIFB) is a <a href="/facts/Left-wing_nationalism/XbxUq7lE">left-wing nationalist</a> <a href="/facts/Political_party/IAKw7oEK">political party</a> in <a href="/facts/India/1kKHcnxM">India</a>. It emerged as a <a href="/facts/Political_faction/hkjthBgz">faction</a> within the <a href="/facts/Indian_National_Congress/Im1gQksb">Indian National Congress</a> in 1939, led by <a href="/facts/Subhas_Chandra_Bose/GqqWIG0S">Subhas Chandra Bose</a>, and was strongest in <a href="/facts/West_Bengal/0B5bxvbW">West Bengal</a>. The party re-established as an independent political party after the independence of India. During the <a href="/facts/1951%25E2%2580%259352_Indian_general_election/MIeo5Akl">1951–1952</a> and <a href="/facts/1957_Indian_general_election/wMRzCy1C">1957 Indian general election</a>, the party was known as Forward Bloc (Marxist). The party's current Secretary-General is G. Devarajan. Veteran Indian politicians <a href="/facts/Sarat_Chandra_Bose/DC2f7vp3">Sarat Chandra Bose</a> (brother of Subhas Chandra Bose) and <a href="/facts/Chitta_Basu_(politician)/SF37pHUP">Chitta Basu</a> had been the stalwarts of the party in independent India.
</p><p>Leveraging Netaji's sway over the populace, the organization had established its electoral footprint after Independence in states like <a href="/facts/Tamil_Nadu/ouqcjUKE">Tamil Nadu</a>, <a href="/facts/Andhra_Pradesh/d51Lb0kX">Andhra Pradesh</a>, <a href="/facts/Kerala/DMP5u40q">Kerala</a>, and <a href="/facts/Assam/64Hs7TwB">Assam</a>, with <a href="/facts/West_Bengal/0B5bxvbW">West Bengal</a> as its primary bastion. However, after eight decades, the party, now confined to select regions, lacks any Members of Parliament or Legislative Assembly representatives.
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