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{{Infobox Indian_Political_Party
|party_name = Kamtapur People's Party
| party_logo =
|colorcode = blue
|ideology = [[Kamtapur|Kamtapur statehood]]
|eci =
|chairman = Atul Roy
|secretary = Nikhil Roy
|foundation = January 1996
|students = All Koch Rajbongshi Students' Union (AKRSU)
|alliance = [[National Democratic Alliance (India)|National Democratic Alliance]]
|headquarters = [[Siliguri]], [[Darjeeling district]], West Bengal
}}

'''Kamtapur People's Party''' (KPP) is a [[political party]] working in the northern parts of the [[India]]n state of [[West Bengal]]. KPP was founded in January 1996 by Atul Roy. KPP works amongst the [[Rajbongshi people|Rajbanshi]] population. KPP demands the set up of a separate [[Kamtapur]] state and recognition of the dialect of the Rajbanshi/Rajbongshi/Kamatapuri as a separate language.

The student wing of KPP is the All Kamtapur Students Union. The women's wing is called Kamtapur Women's Rights Forum.

==History==
Ahead of the 2001 [[West Bengal]] assembly elections, KPP joined the [[All India Trinamool Congress]]-led [[Bangla Bachao Front]].

In spring 2003, KPP suffered an internal division. Atul Roy, considered as a moderate, was dethroned and replaced by a more hardline leadership. Nikhil Roy became the new president of KPP and the general secretary was Subhas Burman. Atul Roy remained a member of the central committee.

Ahead of the 2004 [[Lok Sabha]] elections, KPP formed a front together with [[Jharkhand Mukti Morcha]].

In 2006, Atul Roy broke away from Kamtapur People's Party to form a new party called the [[Kamtapur Progressive Party]]. However, Atul Roy and Nikhil Roy decided to end their dispute in October 2010 and Atul merged his party with Kamtapur People's Party.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1101014/jsp/siliguri/story_13055491.jsp |title=Factions Merge for Kamtapur Fight |newspaper=The Telegraph |date=October 14, 2010}}</ref> There is only one Kamtapur People's Party today. Atul Roy is the president of the party and Nikhil Roy is the general secretary.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://canvaspix.wordpress.com/2010/07/21/quest/ A documentary on the demand of statehood of Kamtapur]
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[[Category:1996 establishments in West Bengal]]
[[Category:Member parties of the National Democratic Alliance]]
[[Category:Political parties established in 1996]]
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