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{{Infobox Indian Political Party |
party_name = Satyashodhak Communist Party|
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secretary = Sharad Patil|
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foundation = 1978 |
alliance = [[Republican Left Democratic Front]] |
ideology = [[Marxism]]<br />[[Jyotirao Phule|Phule thought]]<br />[[Ambedkarism]] |
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The '''Satyashodhak Communist Party''' is a [[political party]] in the state of [[Maharashtra]], [[India]]. The party was founded by Comrade Sharad Patil, who as of 2009 still serves as its General Secretary.<ref>{{cite book |last=Rege |first=Sharmila |authorlink=Sharmila Rege |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Msaki69NQHsC |title=Writing Caste, Writing Gender: Reading Dalit Women's Testimonios |publisher=Zubaan |year=2006 |page=7}}</ref><ref>Patil, Sharad. ''[http://www.mainstreamweekly.net/article1500.html Diagnosis of Left's Debacle Still Undetected]'', ''Mainstream'' 30 July 2009</ref> The party bases its political philosophy on the thinking of [[Karl Marx]], [[B. R. Ambedkar]] and [[Jyotirao Phule]].<ref>''[http://www.cpiml.org/archive/vm_swork/28antithesis_of_caste_and_class.htm Antithesis of Caste and Class - An Orthodox Marxist Hypothesis]''</ref>

Patil had been an organizer of the [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]] in the [[Dhule district]]. He developed his own ideological thesis of 'Marxism-Phule-Ambedkarism', and in 1978 he broke with the CPI(M) and founded the Satyashodhak Communist Party.<ref name="omv"/> The party was named after Phule's [[Satyashodhak Samaj]]. Patil called for the building of an alliance between [[Dalit]]s and [[Other Backward Castes]], especially amongst the peasantry. The main base of the movement at the time of its foundation was limited to two [[Adivasi]] [[taluk]]as in Dhule district, but Patil's rhetoric won an audience across the state and played an influential formulating a popular understanding of class-caste relations in rural areas. He relied heavily on motifs from classical Indian literature during speaking tours of rural areas.<ref name="omv">[[Gail Omvedt|Omvedt, Gail]]. ''[https://archive.org/details/reinventingrevol0000omve Reinventing Revolution: New Social Movements and the Socialist Tradition in India. Socialism and social movements]''. Armonk, N.Y.: M.E. Sharpe, 1993. pp. 67-68, 95</ref>

In the early 1980s, the party added 'ending women's slavery' to its programme for Democratic Revolution.<ref name="omv"/>

Ahead of the [[2009 Indian general election|April 2009 Lok Sabha election]], the party joined the CPI(M)-led [[Left Democratic Front (Maharashtra)|Left Democratic Front]].<ref>Dhawale, Ashok. ''[http://pd.cpim.org/2009/0628_pd/06282009_17.html What Lok Sabha Results Show]'', ''People's Democracy'' 10 May 2009</ref> In August 2009, in the run-up to the [[2009 Maharashtra state assembly elections|Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election]], the party took part in founding the [[Republican Left Democratic Front]] popularly known as RIDALOS, a broad coalition of political parties in Maharashtra.<ref>Menon, Meena. ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20121107105752/http://www.hindu.com/2009/08/25/stories/2009082560771400.htm Republican Left Democratic Front launched; to contest in Maharashtra]'', ''[[The Hindu]]'' 25 August 2009</ref><ref>Bhupta, Malini. ''[http://indiatoday.intoday.in/site/Story/63475/Assembly%20Elections%202009/Diversity+in+unity.html Diversity in unity]'', ''[[India Today]]'' 24 September 2009</ref>

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