Subhas Chandra Bose known by name Netaji (Hindi: "Respected Leader") was an Indian revolutionary who led an Indian national political and military force against Britain and the Western powers during World War II. Bose was one of the most prominent leaders in the Indian Independence Movement.
Forward Bloc,was created by Bose with the aim of rallying leftists against the “menace of right consolidation”, the AIFB was relegated to the margins after his Great Escape in 1941.
Declared a banned outfit, the party met in 1946 - a year after Bose’s reported death. They decided to boycott the Constituent Assembly as a mark of protest against the partition - the only party to do.
It wasn’t until 1958 that the Forward Bloc decided in Baghora, Madhya Pradesh that although “ballot boxes” can’t end “capitalist exploitation”, the party “can and should participate in elections.” Since then, it has contested every general election and won, at least a single seat, in each one of them. That is, until 2014.
The 1968 Assembly election in West Bengal saw the party win 42 seats in an assembly of 280 - more than a seventh of the total seats with a vote percentage of 10.58%. CPI(M) emerged as the largest party, with 80 seats and the United Front government saw Ajoy Bose of Bangla Congress as CM and Jyoti Basu, of CPI(M) as deputy CM. The victory was, however, short lived.
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