Samyukta Socialist Party
Appearance
Samyukta Socialist Party | |
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President | Anantram Jaiswal |
General Secretary | George Fernandes |
Founded | 1964 |
Dissolved | 1972 |
Split from | Praja Socialist Party |
Succeeded by | Samyukta Socialist Party/Socialist Party.[1] |
Ideology | Socialism |
Election symbol | |
Samyukta Socialist Party (transl. United Socialist Party; abbr. SSP), was a political party in India from 1964 to 1972. SSP was formed through a split in the Praja Socialist Party (PSP) in 1964. In 1965, Ram Manohar Lohia merged his Socialist Party (Lohia) with SSP and contested in 1967 Indian general election. In 1972, SSP was reunited with PSP, forming the Socialist Party.[1]
The General Secretary of the SSP from 1969 to 1971 was George Fernandes.
The Party President of the SSP from 1964 to 1972 was Anantram Jaiswal.
The party merged with Charan Singh's Bharatiya Kranti Dal to form Bharatiya Lok Dal
See also
References
- ^ a b Verinder Grover (1997). Political Parties and Party System. Deep & Deep Publications. pp. 228–231. ISBN 978-81-7100-878-0.
- Krishan Gopal Tyagi (1994). Party and politics in India: a study of Samyukta Socialist Party. Ajanta Books International. ISBN 978-81-202-0345-7.