Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party
Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party | |
|---|---|
| Leader | J. B. Kripalani |
| Founder | J. B. Kripalani |
| Founded | 1951 |
| Dissolved | 1952 |
| Split from | Indian National Congress |
| Merged into | Praja Socialist Party |
| Ideology | Gandhism[1][2] |
| Election symbol | |
| [3] | |
The Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party (KMPP, lit. 'Farmer Worker People's Party' or 'Peasant Worker People's Party', short name: Praja Party[4]) was a political party in India. Established in 1951, it merged with the Socialist Party to form the Praja Socialist Party the following year. However, the Andhra Pradesh unit of the party subsequently revived the original organisation under the name Praja Party, which continued to exist until 1953.
History
In June 1951, dissident members of the Indian National Congress (INC; often simply known as the Congress) under the leadership of J. B. Kripalani, established the Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party (KMPP). In the Madras Presidency, Tanguturi Prakasam—who had also broken away from the Congress to form his own political organisation, the Praja Party—merged his party with the KMPP.[5][6]
Two of the KMPP's prominent leaders, Prafulla Chandra Ghosh and Prakasam, had previously served as chief ministers of West Bengal and Madras, respectively.[5] The party participated in the 1951–52 Indian general election, fielding candidates in 145 constituencies across sixteen states. Despite its broad electoral presence, the KMPP secured only ten seats in the Lok Sabha. Of these, six were won in Madras State, with one seat each in Mysore State, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, and Vindhya Pradesh. The party garnered approximately 5.8% of the national vote.[7][8][9] J. B. Kripalani himself contested from the now-defunct Faizabad District (North West) constituency but was unsuccessful. However, his wife, Sucheta Kripalani, was elected from the New Delhi constituency.[10]
In September 1952, the KMPP merged with the Socialist Party, resulting in the formation of the Praja Socialist Party.[4][5][11]
Despite the national merger, the party's unit in the Andhra region of the Madras Presidency, led by Prakasam, retained much of its original identity. In 1953, this unit was reorganised as the Praja Party. Nevertheless, later that year, it was integrated into the Andhra unit of the Praja Socialist Party.[6]
See also
Notes
- ^ Maneesha Tikekar. Indian Socialism: Past and Present. Himalaya Publishing House, 1985. p. 14
- ^ Yearbook of the International Socialist Labour Movement, Vol. 1. Lincolns-Prager International Yearbook Publishing Company, 1956. p. 269
- ^ "2024 General elections | Know the legacy of party symbols". The Hindu. 18 April 2024. Archived from the original on 18 April 2024.
- ^ a b Bandyopadhyay, Sekhar (2009). Decolonization in South Asia: Meanings of Freedom in Post-independence West Bengal, 1947–52. Routledge. ISBN 9781134018246.
- ^ a b c Chandra, Bipan & others (2000). India after Independence 1947-2000, New Delhi:Penguin Books, ISBN 0-14-027825-7, p.201
- ^ a b Sharma, Sadhna (1995). States Politics in India. Mittal Publications. pp. 55–57. ISBN 9788170996194.
- ^ Roychowdhury, Adrija (28 May 2024). "53 parties contested first general election, more than half won no seats". The Indian Express. Archived from the original on 28 May 2024.
- ^ "Election Commission India". Archived from the original on 18 December 2008. Retrieved 18 December 2008.
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 September 2011. Retrieved 16 July 2008.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "HT THIS DAY: January 19, 1952 --Sucheta Kripalani elected, Congress candidate a close second". Hindustan Times. 19 January 2022. Archived from the original on 18 January 2022. Retrieved 30 June 2025.
- ^ "The case of the missing socialists - Times of India". The Times of India. 3 April 2004. Archived from the original on 21 October 2012. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
Bibliography
- Mathew, George, ed. (1984). Shift in Indian Politics: 1983 Elections in Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka. Studies on Indian democracy, political parties and political process. Christian Institute for the Study of Religion and Society / Concept Publishing Company.
- Weiner, Myron, ed. (2015). Party Politics in India. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-1-4008-7841-3.