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Template:Use British English Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox Indian Political Party Template:Communist Parties Template:Sidebar with collapsible lists The Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist) or SUCI(C) is an anti-revisionist Marxist-Leninist communist party in India. The party was founded by Shibdas Ghosh, Nihar Mukherjee and others in 1948.

Ideology

SUCI(C) is a communist party in India,[1] and follows a Marxist-Leninist ideological line formulated by Shibdas Ghosh. SUCI(C) holds that India is a capitalist country with monopoly capitalism and imperialist trends. In line with that analysis, the party works toward a socialist revolution, rather than a people's democratic revolution (like the Communist Party of India (Marxist)), a national democratic revolution (like the Communist Party of India) or a new democratic revolution (like the Naxalites).[2]

SUCI(C) leadership emphasizes the qualitative upliftment of party cadres, workers of mass-organisations and supporters, by both theoretical study of Marxism-Leninism-Shibdas Ghosh Thought and the practical application of such knowledge in the day-to-day life of party workers. In various publications of the party, SUCI upholds the proletarian cultural standard, which, according to the leadership, should be achieved by the cadres, before they can lead the masses in the Socialist Revolution.

The 1st SUCI Party Congress was held in Kolkata in 1988. The 2nd party congress was held from 11 to 17 November 2009 in Ramlila Maidan, New Delhi attended by thousands of participants from 22 states and observers from several foreign countries. The current political line of the party was formulated in the 2nd party congress.[3][4][5] The party's name was changed from Socialist Unity Centre of India (SUCI) to Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist) [SUCI (C)] at the second party congress.[6]

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 party had a Member of Parliament (MP) in the 4th Lok Sabha from Jaynagar.[7][8] The SUCI had presence in the legislative assemblies of Assam, Bihar and Orissa at various times. In the 2004 Lok Sabha elections SUCI launched 56 candidates, 30 of them from West Bengal. In the 2009 Lok Sabha elections SUCI declared 40 candidates from 12 states.[9]

Until 2014, Tarun Mandal, representing Jaynagar in West Bengal, was party's sole and last MP. After 2014 Lok Sabha and 2016 Vidhan Sabha elections, it has no MP or MLA in India.

Current situation

SUCI(C) members live in communes wherein they lead a simple life style. Day-to-day upkeep of the commune and the well being of the children of party members living in the communes are taken care by the shared efforts of party members. Major income of the party is from box collection in the streets and house to house collection; members who are employed hand in their salaries to the party. The party contests elections with the money collected through this transparent fund raising method.[10][11][12]

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

SUCI(C) is actively involved in the ongoing anti-Special Economic Zone movements in India. The most notable of these movements that the party is active in are:

In 2008, the party had formed a political front in West Bengal with All India Trinamool Congress to fight the Communist Party of India (Marxist).[26][27]

The party won the Jaynagar Lok Sabha constituency in the 2009 general elections with a majority of 53,676 votes.[28]

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Shibdas Ghosh, Founder General Secretary of SUCI
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Nihar Mukherjee Memorial Meeting held in Netaji Indoor Stadium in Kolkata on 3 March 2010

Campaigns

The Gherao principle was introduced as a formal mode of protest in the trade union sector by Subodh Banarjee, who was a central committee member of SUCI and the PWD and Labor Minister in the 1967 and 1969 United Front Governments in West Bengal, respectively.[29][30][31]

One of the major campaigns of the party in West Bengal has been its agitations against the educational policy of the Left Front state government. The decision of the Left Front government to remove the English language from primary education sparked a mass movement led by the SUCI for the reinstatement of English.[32][33][34]

Below is a chronological list of campaigns organised by the SUCI(C) in West Bengal:

  • 1953: Tram fare protest movement was organised by the SUCI.[35]
  • 1954: In 1954, the SUCI organised the teachers' movement.[35]
  • 1956: Banga bihar sanjukti birodhi andolan.[35]
  • 1958: Students' movement was organised by the party.[35]
  • 1959: The SUCI organised food movement.[35]
  • 1967: Another food movement was led by the party.[35]
  • 1979: The SUCI organised a movement against various decisions taken by the Government of India.[35]
  • 1980: The SUCI organised Bhasha andolan against the Government of West Bengal which continues till now.[35]
  • 1983: A movement was led by the party against bus fare hike.[35]
  • 1988: First Party Congress in Kolkata (24–29 March)
  • 1990: Another movement was organised by the 13 Left Parties [COI(ML), CPI(ML)ND and others] along with SUCI against the Government of West Bengal for bus fare hike and a Bangla bandh in September to protest against the death of Madhai Halder, a party supporter killed in police firing at the Esplanade on 31 August 1990. This was the first bandh.[35]
  • 1991: A protest was led by the organisation against electricity price hike.[35]
  • 1991: The SUCI organised a movement against the state education policy.[35]
  • 1998: Bangla bandh on 3 February in order to bring back English at the primary education. This was the second bandh.[35]
  • 2000: The SUCI organised a protest movement demanding English as a compulsory subject at primary education.[35]
  • 2002: A protest was organised against the decision of the Government of West Bengal to increase hospital fee and the increase in electricity charges by the Calcutta Electric Supply Corporation and West Bengal State Electricity Board. This was the third bandh.[35]
  • 2006-ongoing: The Anti SEZ movements in Singur[13][15] and Nandigram.[16][17][18][19][20]
  • 2008: 21 12 April-hour statewide shutdown in West Bengal jointly called by the Trinamool Congress and SUCI.
  • 2011: The movement against anti eviction drive at Ranchi, Jharkhand. Forming a public Committee "BASTI BACHAO SANGRASH SAMITI". Lakhs of people protested against government forceful campaign.[36]
  • 2025- In Kerala Accredited Social Health Activist( ASHA) workers strike conducted against Left Democracy Alliance Government in Kerala for to get honorarium and funds of ASHA workers in Kerala.
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SUCI mural in Kolkata, announcing 'SUCI day' rally on 24 April

Leadership

Provash Ghosh is the current leader of the party. He was elected as the General Secretary of the party by the central committee on 4 March 2010.[37]

After Shibdas Ghosh's death in 1976, Nihar Mukherjee, a co-founder of SUCI, became the General Secretary. Mukherjee died of cardiac arrest on 18 February 2010 at Kolkata.[38] The central committee members of the party are:

  • Provash Ghosh (General Secretary & Politburo member)
  • Manik Mukherjee (Politburo member)
  • Asit Bhattacharya (Politburo member)
  • Ranjit Dhar (Politburo member)
  • Yakub Pailan (died on 14 June 2014)
  • Debaprasad Sarkar
  • Kalyan Chowdhury
  • C.K Lukose (Politburo member; died on 13 Feb 2019)
  • K. Radhakrishna
  • Gopal Kundu
  • Soumen Bose
  • Satyawan
  • Sankar Saha
  • Chhaya Mukherjee

The incumbent central committee and politburo was elected in the 2nd party congress.[39]

Secretaries of the State Committees of the party are:

Secretaries of the State Organising Committees are:

The MP of the party is:

The MLA of the party is:

Former Legislators of SUCI(C)

The former ministers of SUCI in West Bengal:

The former MPs of the party were:

The former MLAs of the party were:[47][48]

Mass organisations

The principal mass organisations of SUCI(C) are:

Publications

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

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Cover of Proletarian Era

The state committees of the party publishes:

Criticism

They are often criticized by the other Left parties for supporting semi-fascistic and virulently anti-communist party like TMC, to defeat the Left Front Government. After 2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election results, Provash Ghosh said in a press statement that SUC's main aim was to dislodge the CPI(M) government of 34-year span by forming alliance with TMC and his party was ready to sit in opposition after the fall of the Left Front government.[50]

See also

References

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