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{{Use Indian English|date=October 2015}}
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{{Infobox Indian political party
|colorcode = {{party color|Peasants and Workers Party of India}}
|general_secretary = [[Jayant Prabhakar Patil|Jayant Patil]]
|foundation = {{Start date and years ago|df=yes|p=y|1948|06|13}}<ref>Bhole B.L., ’Bharatiya Shetakari Kamgar Paksha’ (Marathi) doctoral dissertation, Nagpur University, 1982, p.37.</ref>
|headquarters = Govt. Kutir, Opp. Mantralaya, VV Road, Nariman Point, Mumbai (Maharashtra)
| eci = Registered Party<ref>{{cite web|title=List of Political Parties and Election Symbols main Notification Dated 18.01.2013|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/ElectoralLaws/OrdersNotifications/ElecSym19012013_eng.pdf|publisher=Election Commission of India|access-date=9 May 2013|location=India|year=2013}}</ref>
|ideology = [[Communism]]<br>[[Marxism]]
|party_name = Peasants and Workers Party of India (PWP)
|logo = [[File:Pwpisymbol.jpg|150px]]
|state_seats_name = [[Maharashtra Legislative Assembly]]
|state_seats = {{Composition bar|1|288|hex=#BC0000}}
|state2_seats_name = [[Maharashtra Legislative Council]]
|state2_seats = {{Composition bar|2|78|hex=#BC0000}}
|youth = [[Purogami Yuvak Sanghatna]]
| labour = [[All India Workers Trade Union]]
|alliance=[[United Progressive Alliance]](UPA)<ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-12-24|title=NCP, Congress to contest 2019 Lok Sabha polls with Peasants and Workers Party of India: Sharad Pawar|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/ncp-congress-to-contest-2019-lok-sabha-polls-with-peasants-and-workers-party-of-india-sharad-pawar/story-7zcU0ljw5Dm29Yig2L3ixM.html|access-date=2021-09-21|website=Hindustan Times|language=en}}</ref> }}

The '''Peasants and Workers Party of India''' is a [[Marxist]] [[political party]] in [[Maharashtra]], [[India]]. The party was founded on 13.06.1948,<ref>Bhole B.L., ’Bharatiya Shetakari Kamgar Paksha’ (Marathi) doctoral dissertation, Nagpur University, 1982, p.37.</ref> having its roots from the pre-Independence period and has around 1,00,000 members.<ref>Busky, Donald F.. ''Communism in history and theory. Asia, Africa, and the Americas''. [[Westport, Connecticut|Westport]]: Praeger, 2002. p. 61</ref> The influence of the party is largely limited to three districts. The party was founded in Maharashtra by [[Keshavrao Jedhe]] of [[Pune]], [[Shankarrao More]], Bhausaheb Raut of [[Mumbai]], [[Nana Patil]] of [[Satara (Lok Sabha constituency)|Satara]], [[Tulshidas Jadhav]] of [[Solapur]], [[Dajiba Desai]] of [[Belgaum]], [[Madhavrao Bagal]] of [[Kolhapur]], P K Bhapkar and Datta Deshmukh of [[Ahmednagar]], [[Vithalrao Hande]] and others.<ref name="Ravindranath1992">{{cite book|author=P. K. Ravindranath|title=Sharad Pawar, the making of a modern Maratha|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nuNHAAAAMAAJ|access-date=5 March 2015|date=1 February 1992|publisher=UBS Publishers' Distributors|isbn=978-81-85674-46-9|page=22}}</ref><ref name="Vohra1992">{{cite book|author=Gautam Vohra|title=The New Political Elite|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=N3yn7-VMxV0C&pg=PA164|access-date=5 March 2015|year=1992|publisher=Daya Publishing House|isbn=978-81-7035-109-2|pages=164–}}</ref>

Member of legislative council of Maharashtra, Mr. Jayant Prabhakar Patil, is general secretary of the party.
The party has 1 MLA and 2 MLCs. The party has a strong hold on [[Raigad district|Raigad District]] as well as party has [[District Councils of India|Zilla Parishad]] members in 6 districts of Maharashtra, namely [[Raigad district|Raigad]], [[Solapur]], [[Nashik]], [[Nagpur]], [[Nanded]] and [[Parabhani]].

The student organization of the party is called Purogami Yuvak Sanghatna.

The trade union of the party is called All India Workers Trade Union, All India Insurance Workers Union and its Trade Union Federation is Progressive Workers and Peasants of India. Comrade Janardan Singh is General Secretary of these trade unions and trade union federation. The party has played a very important role in Samyukta Maharashtra Movement under the leadership of Bhausaheb Raut, Uddhavrao Patil, Dajiba Desai. Most important meetings of this movement and coordination took place at the Mumbai -Koliwadi, Girgaum bungalow of Shri Bhausaheb Raut.

In the [[2014 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election]] at age 88, [[Ganpatrao Deshmukh]] of the party won the Sangole constituency for record 11th time with 94,374 votes, defeating Shahajibapu Patil of Shiv Sena by 25,224 votes, while the NCP did not field a candidate against him.<ref>{{cite web | title = Ganpatrao Deshmukh creates record |work= The Indian Express| url = http://indianexpress.com/article/india/politics/longest-serving-mla-in-maharashtra-ganpatrao-deshmukh-creates-record-wins-11th-time/ |date=19 October 2014| access-date = 2014-10-20 }}</ref><ref name=et>{{cite news | title = Ganpatrao Deshmukh: Longest-serving MLA in Maharashtra scores a record 11th win |work=The Economic Times | url = http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/ganpatrao-deshmukh-longest-serving-mla-in-maharashtra-scores-a-record-11th-win/articleshow/44877543.cms |date=19 Oct 2014| access-date = 2014-10-20 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=619&cid=108|title = Constituency|access-date = 6 October 2015|archive-date = 6 October 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151006230552/http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=619&cid=108|url-status = dead}}</ref>

==Prominent leaders==
* Narayan Nagu Patil
* [[Ganpatrao Deshmukh]]
*Mohan Patil
*Prabhakar Patil
* Keshavrao Dhondage
* Annasaheb Gavhane
*Meenakshi Patil
* [[Sheshrao Deshmukh]]
* [[Vivek Patil]]
* [[Shyamsundar Dagdoji Shinde]]
* [[Krishnarao Dhulap]]
* Vikas(Kaka) Shinde
* [[Dinkar Patil]]
* Bhausaheb Raut
* [[B. N. Deshmukh]]
* Chandrakant deshmukh
* Dr. Aniket Chandrakant Deshmukh
* Babasaheb deshmukh
* Kisan jayram nikam
*Dhairyashil Patil
*Nilima Patil
*Aswad Patil
*Chitra Patil
*J M Mhatre
*Pritam Mhatre

==Trade Union Leader==
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==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Communist parties in India]]
[[Category:Political parties established in 1947]]
[[Category:Peasants' and Workers' Party of India]]
[[Category:Farmers' rights activists]]
[[Category:1947 establishments in India]]

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