Seats in Lok Sabha 0 / 545 Founder Kishen Pattnaik Political position Centre-left politics | Seats in Rajya Sabha 0 / 245 Founded 1995 President Adv. Joshy Jacob (Kerala) | |
Ideology Populism, Secularism, Democratic socialism | ||
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Samajwadi Jana Parishad (Socialist People's Council), is a political party in India.
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Foundation
The party was founded in 1995 by late Kishen Pattanayak, Bhai Vaidya and many grassroot level political organisations who believed in creating an alternative political culture. Active members of the party cannot have any association with foreign funded NGOs. The ideology of the party is based upon the thoughts of Mahatma Gandhi, Ram Manohar Lohiya, Jaiprakash Narayan, Ambedkar and Vinoba Bhave . It is active in 15 states.It believes that Globalisation is a counter-revolution phase and hence associates itself with anti-globalisation struggles.
It has involved in many historic struggles in various parts of India such as Mehdiganj, Mau (UP), Betul, Kesla (MP), Niyamgiri, Jagjitsinghpur-POSCO (Odisha), Jalpaiguri (North Bengal), Kudankulam (Tamil Nadu) etc...
This was the only party to have protested and almost barged into the Commonwealth Games Office at Central Delhi protesting against the huge spending by the Govt.
The party is very close to many popular movements and NGOs. It is a founding member of the National Alliance of People's Movements N A P M.
Party structure
In the 10th national council held at Varanasi (10–12 June 2013), the following are elected as its new office bearers.
Electoral records
It has been participating and contesting in general elections, but till now not won any seats in the Rajyasabha or Loksabha or state assembly elections.
Madhya Pradesh - 2003
The party took part in Madhya Pradesh elections, with four candidates:
- Mangal Sing for Ghora Dongri
- Fagram - Itarsi
- Shamim Modi - Harda
- Ajay Khare - Rewa
Maharashtra - 2004
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