Central Organising Committee, Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Shantipal
Central Organising Committee, Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Shantipal was an underground political party in India. The Shanti Pal group emerged as through a split in the North Bengal-Bihar Regional Committee of the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist), being the pro-Lin Biao faction.[1] The leader of the faction, Shanti Pal, had been a school teacher in Phansidewa who became a key CPI(ML) leader.[2] After forming his own faction Pal remained loyal to the line of the CPI(ML) leader Charu Majumdar.[2] Pal's party combatted landlords in areas like Godda and Sahebganj.[3] The party opposes participation in elections and calls for armed agrarian revolution.[4][5]
As of 1981 COC, CPI(ML) Shanti Pal had influence in Bhawanipur, Rupauli, Dhamdaha and Barhatta blocks of Purnea district and parts of Katihar district.[6] On 9 March 1993 COC, CPI(ML) Shanti Pal militants killed nine people in Amjhora village, Banka District.[citation needed] As of 2006 the leader of Shanti Pal group in Madhepura was in jail, sentenced for the killing of a mukhya.[7]
References[edit]
- ^ Maj Gen PJS Sandhu (Retd) (14 December 2011). Strategies for Countering Non State Actors in South Asia. Vij Books India Pvt Ltd. p. 128. ISBN 978-93-82573-44-9.
- ^ a b Amiya K. Samanta (1984). Left extremist movement in West Bengal: an experiment in armed agrarian struggle. Firma KLM. p. 312. ISBN 9780836412642.
- ^ "Red brigade eyes Godda as new frontier". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 27 August 2017.
- ^ Ved Marwah (1997). Uncivil Wars: Pathology of Terrorism in India. HarperCollins. p. 330. ISBN 978-81-7223-251-1.
- ^ Türkkaya Ataöv (1 January 2001). Kashmir and Neighbours: Tale, Terror, Truce. Ashgate. p. 193. ISBN 978-0-7546-2252-9.
- ^ Amrik Singh Nimbran (1992). Poverty, Land, and Violence: An Analytical Study of Naxalism in Bihar. Layman's Publications. p. 123.
- ^ Saha, Deo Narayan (3 May 2006). "Naxal fear stalks Madhepura". Times of India. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
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