Leader T.P. Chandrasekharan Seats in Lok Sabha 0 | Founded 2009 Seats in Rajya Sabha 0 | |
Headquarters Onchiyam , Vatakara(India) Ideology Socialism, Communism, Marxism-Leninism | ||
The Revolutionary Marxist Party (RMP) is a political party in Kerala, India. It was founded by T.P. Chandrasekharan The RMP already has units in many districts of the state. It claims to uphold real communist ideologies and maintain internal democracy. It was found after T.P. Chandrasekharan, an ex-CPI (M) leader, was expelled from his party. Chandrasekharan contested in the Lok Sabha elections of 2009 as its candidate. He was hacked to death by some assailants, believed to be CPI (M) supporters on 4 May 2012. After Chandrasekharan's assassination, his widow K.K. Rema took charge of this party. She contested from Vatakara constituency in the Kerala Legislative Assembly elections of 2016, but she was defeated. Later, around ten minor leftist parties scattered in various parts of India joined RMP, thus making it a party working in national level.