Forward Bloc Today
AIFB struggles for socialism in India but they consider that their ideology differs from that of Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M)) and Communist Party of India (CPI), as they build their socialism on foreign ideologues as Karl Marx and Vladimir Lenin, whereas the socialism of AIFB is the Indian socialism of Subhas Chandra Bose.
AIFB has branches throughout the country, but the main strength of the party is concentrated in West Bengal. It is part of the Left Front government in there, and Forward Bloc has various ministers in the state government. Notably though AIFB is cooperating with CPI(M) in West Bengal, Tripura and on the national level, AIFB is not part of the Left Democratic Front in Kerala.
The current general secretary of AIFB is Debabrata Biswas (politician). N. Velappan Nair is the chairman of the party, Dr. Amar Singh Kushwaha the deputy Chairman and Ashok Ghosh the financial secretary. Additional secretaries of the party are Subrata Bose (MP), Dr. Barun Mukherjee, G. Devarajan, Naren Dey, Hafiz Alam Sairani, Bir Singh Mahato, V.P. Saini, Shyamal Roy, G.R. Shivashankar.
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