Indian Secular Front
{{Infobox Indian political party
|abbreviation = ISF
|president = Naushad Siddiqui
|secretary = Srimon Soren
|foundation = 15 February 2021
|founder = Abbas Siddique
|headquarters = Kolkata, India
|ideology =
|position = Centre-Left |alliance = [[M|date=18 Feb 2021}}</ref> and joined the Mahajot led by Indian National Congress and Left Front for the 2021 Assembly polls[1] against the Bharatiya Janata Party and All India Trinamool Congress as a alternative.[2][3] However, the Congress leader Anand Sharma slammed the party's decision and calls it "painful and shameful".[4] The party will be contesting the upcoming West Bengal Legislative Assembly election with 30 seats.[5]
See also
References
- ↑ Ranjan, Abhinav (17 February 2021). "Bengal polls 2021: Indian Secular Front's Abbas Siddique ditches Owaisi, joins Congress-Left alliance". www.indiatvnews.com. Retrieved 2021-02-28.
- ↑ Das, Madhuparna (2021-03-01). "Why talks of a 'secular front' against BJP & Trinamool have". ThePrint.
- ↑ Ranjan, Abhinav (17 February 2021). "Bengal polls 2021: Indian Secular Front's Abbas Siddique ditches Owaisi, joins Congress-Left alliance". www.indiatvnews.com. Retrieved 2021-02-28.
- ↑ "West Bengal polls 2021: Congress' Anand Sharma calls tie-up with Indian Secular Front 'painful and shameful' - India News , Firstpost". Firstpost. 1 March 2021. Retrieved 2021-03-02.
- ↑ "30-seat deal with Left: ISF cleric Abbas Siddiqui". telegraphindia.com. Retrieved 2021-03-01.