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Biplobi Bangla Congress | |
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| Founder | Sukumar Roy |
| Founded | 1971 |
| Split from | Bangla Congress |
| Political position | Left-wing |
| National affiliation | Left Front |
| Colours | Red Blue |
Biplobi Bangla Congress (English: RevolutionaryBangla Congress;abbr.BBC) is apolitical party inWest Bengal,India.[1] The party emerged as a splinter group of theBangla Congress party ahead of the1971 West Bengal elections. It was founded by Sukumar Roy, a prominent member of Congress[which?]. BBC is now a part of theLeft Front.
The formation of BBC is an important part of the history ofPolitics of West Bengal. The Congress party[which?] held state[which?] power for the first two decades afterpartition, before trying out another grouping[clarification needed] in 1967. At that time, the first United Front government came to power withAjoy Mukherjee of theBangla Congress (a Congress splinter group) as chief minister,Jyoti Basu as deputy chief minister and ministry of land and land revenue (reforms) asHare Krishna Konar.
Thereafter followed four years of political instability due to the Naxalite rebellion and police counter-action, the Congress muscled its way back to power in the 1972 elections,[citation needed] when evenJyoti Basu lost his assembly seat to a nonentity by 40,000 votes.
In 1977, the voters brought the Biplobi Bangla Congress and Left Front merged to power, with latter retaining the title and from since then they remained firm as the ruling party ofWest Bengal for 34 years.[until when?]
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The flag adopted by the party is red & white (3:1 ratio) with Hammer & Plough symbol at the center.
BBC candidate Tushar Kanti Laya contested the Sabang seat inWest Midnapore for 2001 assembly elections of the state and won it. In the 2006 assembly elections of West Bengal, BBC again contested the Sabong seat with Tushar Kanti Laya as its candidate (on aCommunist Party of India (Marxist) symbol). Laya got 62,079 votes (44.98%), but lost the seat toCongress candidate Dr.Manas Bhunia.[citation needed]
Some prominent leaders of Biplobi Bangla Congress are Nirmalendu Bhattacharya, Gouranga Samanta, Ashis Chowdhury, Sunil Chowdhury, Deepak Senroy (Subrata Roy). Gouranga Samanta was elected as MLA two times fromSabang. Other MLAs were Dr. Makhan Lal Bangal, Tushar Laya. Dr. Umesh Chaudhary & Reeta Chowdhury were Councillor inKolkata Municipal Corporation at different times.
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