8 Forward Bloc leaders resign, to float new party
The letter said these leaders, along with thousands of supporters had lost trust upon the secretariat which failed to carry forward the legacy of Bose and thus they tendered their mass resignation.
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Former Forward Bloc leader S P Tiwari during a press meet in Kolkata Wednesday. Partha Paul
As many as eight Central Committee members of Forward Bloc, including the state presidents of some states, resigned from the party on Wednesday alleging that the party had swayed from the ideologies of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, and announced the formation of a separate party, Samajwadi Forward Bloc.
S P Tiwari from Kolkata, Hans Raj Akela, state president of Uttar Pradesh, Padma Kamal Phukan, state president of Assam, Ratneswar Gogoi, state secretary of Assam, Ram Avatar Pachauri, general secretary of Madhya Pradesh, Satyendra Narayan Singh, vice-president of Bihar, P S Jayraman, member of the state secretariat of Tamil Nadu and Hari Singh Sahani from Punjab — they signed their resignation letter and faxed it to Forward Bloc general secretary Debabrata Biswas.
The letter said these leaders, along with thousands of supporters had lost trust upon the secretariat which failed to carry forward the legacy of Bose and thus they tendered their mass resignation. They also alleged that the party had failed to attract young countrymen and was now limited to serving the “vested interest of some people by coronating them on the seat of power”.
Talking to mediapersons, Tiwari said the Samajwadi Forward Bloc, along with national committee members of 12 states, would be floated on January 23, Netaji’s birth anniversary. “Other central committee members would also join the party that day,” Tiwari said.
The Left leader said the symbol of the new party would be a tricolour with a jumping tiger.
Asked about their stand in the Assembly elections, Tiwari said it would be decided by the Central Executive Committee and the Parliamentary Board of the party which would be formed soon. He added that the newly formed party would join hands with like-minded political people or party.
Biswas refused to comment on the issue. “I do not want to comment on it. It is not significant enough,” he told The Indian Express.
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