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The '''Indian Secular Front''' ({{small|abbr.}} '''ISF''') is an unregistered political party which contested the West Bengal Legislative Assembly election on "Envelope" symbol and name of Bihar based political party [[Rashtriya Secular Majlis Party]] (RSMP) of [[MD Asharul Haque]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=ঘোষ|first=প্রদীপ্তকান্তি|date=16 March 2021|title=ভোটে লড়ছে না 'আইএসএফ', প্রার্থী দেবে 'অন্য দল'|url=https://tv9bangla.com/elections/indian-secular-front-of-abbas-siddiqui-dont-have-a-own-sign-fighting-with-another-partys-logo-339985.html|url-status=live|access-date=17 March 2021|website=TV9Bangla|language=bn}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=|date=18 March 2021|title=ISF to fight polls on borrowed symbol|url=http://www.millenniumpost.in/kolkata/isf-to-fight-polls-on-borrowed-symbol-434695|url-status=live|access-date=26 March 2021|website=Millennium Post|language=en}}</ref> The party was formed in West Bengal by Abbas Siddique, an influential cleric of the shrine of Furfura Sharif in Hooghly district in January 2021.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/pirzada-abbas-siddiqui-announces-indian-secular-front-isf-for-bengal-elections-2356170|title="Want To Be Kingmaker": Muslim Preacher Announces Party For Bengal Polls|date=21 Jan 2021}}</ref> This party was formed ahead of the West Bengal state election of 2021<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/west-bengal/west-bengal-assembky-elections-2021-indian-secular-front-ups-ante-on-seats/cid/1807005|title=Indian Secular Front ups ante on seats
The '''Indian Secular Front''' (abbreviated as '''ISF''') is a [[Political parties in West Bengal|political party]] formed in [[West Bengal]] by [[Abbas Siddiqui]], an influential cleric of the shrine of [[Furfura Sharif]] in [[Hooghly district]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=News|first=NDTV|date=Jan 21, 2021|title=Want To Be Kingmaker": Muslim Preacher Announces Party For Bengal Polls|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/pirzada-abbas-siddiqui-announces-indian-secular-front-isf-for-bengal-elections-2356170|url-status=live}}</ref>
|date=18 Feb 2021}}</ref> and joined the [[Mahajot]] led by [[Indian National Congress]] and [[Left Front (West Bengal)|Left Front]] for the 2021 Assembly polls<ref>{{cite web|first1=Abhinav|last1=Ranjan|accessdate=2021-02-28|title=Bengal polls 2021: Indian Secular Front's Abbas Siddique ditches Owaisi, joins Congress-Left alliance|url=https://www.indiatvnews.com/elections/news-bengal-polls-2021-abbas-siddique-indian-secular-front-joins-congress-left-alliance-owaisi-bjp-tmc-685501|date=17 February 2021|website=www.indiatvnews.com}}</ref> against the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] and [[All India Trinamool Congress]] as a alternative.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Das|first=Madhuparna|date=2021-02-05|title=Why talks of a 'secular front' against BJP & Trinamool have |url=https://theprint.in/politics/why-talks-of-a-secular-front-against-bjp-trinamool-have-hit-a-wall-in-bengal/599505/|date=2021-03-01|website=ThePrint|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first1=Abhinav|last1=Ranjan|accessdate=2021-02-28|title=Bengal polls 2021: Indian Secular Front's Abbas Siddique ditches Owaisi, joins Congress-Left alliance|url=https://www.indiatvnews.com/elections/news-bengal-polls-2021-abbas-siddique-indian-secular-front-joins-congress-left-alliance-owaisi-bjp-tmc-685501|date=17 February 2021|website=www.indiatvnews.com}}</ref> However, the leader of [[Indian National Congress]] [[Anand Sharma]] slammed the party's decision and calls it "painful and shameful".<ref>{{cite web|accessdate=2021-03-02|title=West Bengal polls 2021: Congress' Anand Sharma calls tie-up with Indian Secular Front 'painful and shameful' - India News , Firstpost|url=https://www.firstpost.com/india/west-bengal-polls-2021-congress-anand-sharma-calls-tie-up-with-indian-secular-front-painful-and-shameful-9362811.html|date=1 March 2021|website=Firstpost}}</ref> The party will be contested in West Bengal Legislative Assembly election with 28 seats.<ref>{{cite web|accessdate=2021-03-01|title=30-seat deal with Left: ISF cleric Abbas Siddiqui|url=https://theprint.in/politics/why-talks-of-a-secular-front-against-bjp-trinamool-have-hit-a-wall-in-bengal/599505/|website=telegraphindia.com}}</ref>


==Controversies==
==History==
On March 2, 2021, the West Bengal police recovered a shotgun, bombs and bomb-making equipment from the residence of an ISF activist at Situri followed by the arrest of the accused's father.<ref>{{cite web|accessdate=2021-03-03|title=Bombs Recovered From Indian Secular Front Worker's Residence In West Bengal: Police|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/bombs-recovered-from-isf-workers-residence-in-wb-2382226|website=NDTV.com}}</ref>


On March 12, the party released its first list of 26 constituencies it contested in the assembly elections in West Bengal. The announcement comes amid an ongoing tussle between the ISF and Congress over seat-sharing. The seats the ISF will be contesting are Mahisadal, Canning Purba, Bhangar, Metiabruz, Panchla, Uluberia Purba, Basirhat Uttar, Ashoknagar, Amdanga, Asansol Uttar, Entally, Madhyamgram and Khanakul.<ref>{{cite web|first1=Super|last1=User|accessdate=2021-03-13|title=Abbas Siddiqui's ISF releases the first list of 26 seats for Bengal polls|url=https://thefederal.com/west-bengal-elections-20201/abbas-siddiquis-isf-releases-first-list-of-26-seats-for-bengal-polls/|date=13 March 2021|website=The Federal}}</ref>
This party was formed ahead of the [[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|West Bengal Assembly election of 2021]]<ref>{{Cite web|last=Wire.in|first=The|date=28 Feb 2021|title=Bengal: As Left and Congress Ally With Muslim Cleric’s Party, Will BJP Be the Winner?|url=https://thewire.in/politics/west-bengal-left-congress-abbas-siddiqui-isf-bjp-elections|url-status=live}}</ref> and has joined the [[Sanjukta Morcha]],<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|last=India|first=Outlook|date=February 28, 2021|title=With Brigade Rally, Left-Congress-ISF’s ‘Sanyukta Morcha’ Kicks Of Bengal Poll Campaign|work=Outlook.India|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/photos/photoessay/with-brigade-rally-left-congress-isfs-sanyukta-morcha-kicks-of-bengal-poll-campaign/2628|url-status=live}}</ref> or Mahajot, led by the [[Left Front (West Bengal)|Left Front]] and the [[Indian National Congress]]<ref name=":0" /> against the [[All India Trinamool Congress|Trinamool Congress]] and the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=West Bengal: In Left-Congress Brigade Ground Rally, ISF Emerged as the Biggest Mobiliser|url=https://thewire.in/politics/in-left-congress-brigade-ground-rally-isf-emerged-as-the-biggest-mobiliser|access-date=2021-03-02|website=The Wire}}</ref> The party contested the 2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election in 38 seats and won in 1 seat.<ref>{{Cite web|title=30-seat deal with Left: ISF cleric Abbas Siddiqui|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/west-bengal/west-bengal-assembly-elections-2021-30-seat-deal-with-leftsays-indian-secular-front-cleric-abbas-siddiqui/cid/1807955|access-date=2021-03-02|website=www.telegraphindia.com}}</ref> The party fought election under the borrowed symbol of Rashtriya Secular Majlis Party, a [[Bihar]]-based political party. After the election, [[Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury]], the head of West Bengal Congress, declared an end to the alliance with Indian Secular Front.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Bengal Congress chief Adhir Chowdhury does not want ISF as an ally in future - Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/bengal-congress-chief-adhir-chowdhury-does-not-want-isf-as-an-ally-in-future/articleshow/82522108.cms|access-date=2021-05-17|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref>


On March 23, Two ISF workers were arrested for attacking the Election Commission convoy during their visit to Haroa to remove objectionable political banners which violate the Moral Code of Conduct (MCC).<ref>{{cite web|first1=Republic|last1=World|accessdate=2021-03-24|title=EC convoy allegedly attacked in West Bengal's Haroa, no injuries; two ISF workers arrested|url=https://www.republicworld.com/india-news/general-news/ec-convoy-allegedly-attacked-in-west-bengals-haroa-no-injuries-two-isf-workers-arrested.html|website=Republic World}}</ref> The party borrowed the symbol from the Rashtriya Secular Majlis Party (RSMP) of Bihar and the nomination papers that ISF candidates have submitted to the Election Commission is also in the name of Rashtriya Secular Majlis Party (RSMP) as the Abbas Siddiqui-led ISF has not yet got its symbol from the Commission.<ref>{{Cite web|date=18 March 2021|title=ISF to fight polls on borrowed symbol|url=http://www.millenniumpost.in/kolkata/isf-to-fight-polls-on-borrowed-symbol-434695?infinitescroll=1|url-status=live|access-date=2021-03-29|website=Millennium Post|language=en}}</ref>
==Electoral performance==
Indian Secular Front had allied with [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]] and [[Indian National Congress]] in an alliance named [[Sanjukta Morcha]].


==Elections==
===State Legislative Assembly elections===
The party won 1 out of 294 assembly seats in the [[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|West Bengal Legislative Assembly election 2021]] from Bhangar with 109237 votes.<ref>{{cite web|access-date=2021-05-02|title=Election Commission of India|url=https://results.eci.gov.in/Result2021/ConstituencywiseS25148.htm?ac=148|website=results.eci.gov.in}}</ref>
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|32<ref>{{cite web|date=21 June 2021|title=West Bengal General Legislative Election 2021|url=https://eci.gov.in/files/file/13605-west-bengal-general-legislative-election-2021/|work=Election Commission of India|access-date=8 January 2022}}</ref>
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===Candidates===
==References==
The party president Simul Soren will contest from Haripal in Hooghly district, while Mohammed Iqbal and Nuruzzaman will be the party's candidates from Entally and Metiabruz. They are yet to announce the names of candidates from Canning Purba, Jangipara, Bhangar, Madhyamgram, Haroa and Mayureshwar.<ref>{{cite web|first1=Press Trust of India|last1=KolkataMarch 15|first2=2021UPDATED:|last2=March 15|first3=2021 04:31|last3=Ist|accessdate=2021-03-16|title=Abbas Siddiqui's ISF releases names of 20 candidates for West Bengal elections|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/elections/west-bengal-assembly-polls-2021/story/abbas-siddiqui-s-isf-releases-names-of-20-candidates-for-west-bengal-elections-1779332-2021-03-15|website=India Today}}</ref>
 
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| 250 || [[Raipur, Bankura (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Raipur]]  || Milan Mandi || rowspan="20" |<ref>{{cite web|accessdate=2021-03-16|title=Facebook|url=https://www.facebook.com/103530761739502/photos/a.103807155045196/119300636829181/|website=www.facebook.com}}</ref>
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| 208 || [[Mahisadal (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Mahisadal]]|| Bikram Chatterjee
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| 232 || [[Chandrakona (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Chandrakona]] || Goranga Das
|-
| 133 || [[Kulpi (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Kulpi]] || Sirajudin Ghazi
|-
| 135 || [[Mandirbazar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Mandirbazar]] || Sanchay Sarkar
|-
| 183 || [[Jagatballavpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Jagatballavpur]] || Sk Shabbir Ahmed
|-
| 196 || [[Haripal (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Haripal]] || Simol Soren
|-
| 202 || [[Khanakul (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Khanakul]] || Faisal Khan
|-
| 157 || [[Metiaburuz (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Metiaburuz]] ||Nuruzzaman
|-
| 175 || [[Panchla (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Panchla]] || Md Jalil
|-
| 176 || [[Uluberia Purba (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Uluberia Purba]]|| Abbasuddin Khan
|-
| 89 || [[Ranaghat Uttar Purba (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Ranaghat Uttar Purba]] || Dinesh Chandra Biswas
|-
| 90 || [[Krishnaganj (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Krishnaganj]] || Anup Mondal
|-
| 125 || [[Basirhat Uttar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Basirhat]] || Baijid Amin
|-
| 123 || [[Sandeshkhali (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Sandeshkhali]] || Barun Mahato
|-
| 82 || [[Chapra (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Chapra]] || Kanchan Maitra
|-
| 101 || [[Ashoknagar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Ashoknagar]] || Tapas Chakraborty
|-
| 102 || [[Amdanga (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Amdanga]] || Jamal Uddin
|-
| 163 || [[Asansol Uttar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Asansol Uttar]] || Md Mustaqim
|-
| 281 || [[Entally (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Entally]] || Md Iqbal Alam
|-
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==See also==
*[[Secular Progressive Front]]
*[[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]
== References ==
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Latest revision as of 01:55, 8 January 2022


The Indian Secular Front (abbreviated as ISF) is a political party formed in West Bengal by Abbas Siddiqui, an influential cleric of the shrine of Furfura Sharif in Hooghly district.[1]

Indian Secular Front
AbbreviationISF
ChairpersonNawsad Siddique
SecretarySrimon Soren
FounderAbbas Siddiqui
Founded21 January 2021
ECI StatusNot recognized
AllianceSanjukta Morcha (2021)
Seats in West Bengal Legislative Assembly
1 / 294

HistoryEdit

This party was formed ahead of the West Bengal Assembly election of 2021[2] and has joined the Sanjukta Morcha,[3] or Mahajot, led by the Left Front and the Indian National Congress[3] against the Trinamool Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party.[4] The party contested the 2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election in 38 seats and won in 1 seat.[5] The party fought election under the borrowed symbol of Rashtriya Secular Majlis Party, a Bihar-based political party. After the election, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, the head of West Bengal Congress, declared an end to the alliance with Indian Secular Front.[6]

Electoral performanceEdit

Indian Secular Front had allied with Communist Party of India (Marxist) and Indian National Congress in an alliance named Sanjukta Morcha.

State Legislative Assembly electionsEdit

Vote share in consecutive West Bengal Legislative Assembly elections
2021
 
 1.35%
West Bengal Legislative Assembly Elections
Election Year Party leader Seats contested Seats won Change in seats Percentage of votes Vote swing Popular vote Result
2021 Abbas Siddiqui[7] 32[8] 1   1 1.35% N/A 813,489 Minority

ReferencesEdit

  1. ↑ News, NDTV (Jan 21, 2021). "Want To Be Kingmaker": Muslim Preacher Announces Party For Bengal Polls". {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. ↑ Wire.in, The (28 Feb 2021). "Bengal: As Left and Congress Ally With Muslim Cleric's Party, Will BJP Be the Winner?".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 India, Outlook (February 28, 2021). "With Brigade Rally, Left-Congress-ISF's 'Sanyukta Morcha' Kicks Of Bengal Poll Campaign". Outlook.India.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. ↑ "West Bengal: In Left-Congress Brigade Ground Rally, ISF Emerged as the Biggest Mobiliser". The Wire. Retrieved 2021-03-02.
  5. ↑ "30-seat deal with Left: ISF cleric Abbas Siddiqui". www.telegraphindia.com. Retrieved 2021-03-02.
  6. ↑ "Bengal Congress chief Adhir Chowdhury does not want ISF as an ally in future - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2021-05-17.
  7. ↑ "ISF to fight polls on borrowed symbol". Millennium Post. 18 March 2021. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
  8. ↑ "West Bengal General Legislative Election 2021". Election Commission of India. 21 June 2021. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
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