Lal Nishan Party (Leninvadi) (Red Flag Party (Leninist)) is a communist political party in the Indian state of Maharashtra. LNP(L) was formed a splintergroup of Lal Nishan Party in 1988. LNP(L) was critical to that LNP had gotten closer to the Indian National Congress and the Perestroika.
LNP(L) is mainly concentrated to trade union activism. The trade union organization of the party is called Sarva Shramik Sanghathan. The strongest base of SSS is in Pune. In general, LNP(L) does not contest elections.
The party was led by Ashok Manohar until his death in 2003.
Ahead of the Lok Sabha elections 2004 LNP(L) supported the candidates of Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Red Flag.
LNP(L) published Leninwadi Lalnishan monthly from Pune.[1]
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