League of Socialist Workers

League of Socialist Workers
Founded1949
DissolvedAugust 1954 (1954-08)
ECI statusState Party

The League of Socialist Workers was a political party in Hyderabad State. The party was founded in 1949, as a radical grouping led by Govindbhai Shroff and Babasaheb Paranjpe broke away from the Hyderabad State Congress.[1][2][3] The League of Socialist Workers had a Marxist orientation and began to cooperate with the Communist Party of India and the Peasants and Workers Party of India.[4]

The party was one of five constituents of the People's Democratic Front (PDF).[5][6] The LSW had been registered with the Election Commission of India as a state party in Hyderabad State, being allotted the 'cock' as its election symbol.[7] After the PDF was registered as a political party, the election symbols of LSW and other PDF constituents were declared free in Hyderabad State.[7] LSW leader Babasaheb Paranjape was elected to the First Lok Sabha from the Bhir constituency in the 1952 election.[1]

The relations between CPI and LSW inside the PDF were difficult, and the LSW eventually withdrew from the front.[8] The LSW would become a marginal political force.[8] The party was dissolved at a meeting of its executive held in Nanded in early August 1954.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 Ashok Dhawale (October 6, 2023). "An epicentre of loyalty, sacrifice and vision". Journey Line.
  2. ↑ I. Mallikarjuna Sharma. In Retrospect: West India. Ravi Sasi Enterprises, 2000. p. 64
  3. ↑ Development of Marathwada: A Perspective. Swami Ramanand Teerth Research Institute, 1999. pp. 20-22
  4. ↑ Y. D. Phadke. Politics and Language. Himalaya Publishing House, 1979. p. 55
  5. 1 2 Hyderabad Socialist League Dissolved. Indian Daily Mail, 10 August 1954. p. 3
  6. ↑ Reynolds, Nathalène. From the Revolutionary Path to the Parliamentary Path. Mid-Life Crisis or Terminal Decline?: The Indian Communist Movement from Its Foundation to-Date, Sustainable Development Policy Institute, 2020, pp. 15–25
  7. 1 2 R. P. Bhalla. Elections in India, 1950-1972. S. Chand, 1973. p. 139, 449
  8. 1 2 Mankind, Vol. 4. K. Pattnayak, 1959. p. 16
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