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Indian Secular Front
Indian Secular Front | |
|---|---|
| Abbreviation | ISF |
| President | Naushad Siddiqui |
| Secretary | Srimon Soren |
| Founder | Pirzada Abbas Siddique |
| Founded | 15 February 2021 |
| Headquarters | Kolkata, India |
| Ideology | Social Justice
[Secularism] Constitutionalism |
| Alliance | Left Front Parties |
The Indian Secular Front (abbr. ISF) is a political party formed in West Bengal by Abbas Siddique, an influential cleric of the shrine of Furfura Sharif in Hooghly district.[1] This party was formed ahead of the West Bengal state election of 2021[2] and joined the Mahajot led by Indian National Congress and Left Front for the 2021 Assembly polls[3] against the Bharatiya Janata Party and All India Trinamool Congress as a alternative.[4][5] The party will be contesting the upcoming West Bengal Legislative Assembly election with 30 seats.[6]
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References
- ↑ ""Want To Be Kingmaker": Muslim Preacher Announces Party For Bengal Polls". 21 January 2021.
- ↑ "Indian Secular Front ups ante on seats". 18 February 2021.
- ↑ Ranjan, Abhinav (17 February 2021). "Bengal polls 2021: Indian Secular Front's Abbas Siddique ditches Owaisi, joins Congress-Left alliance". www.indiatvnews.com. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
- ↑ Das, Madhuparna (5 February 2021). "Why talks of a 'secular front' against BJP & Trinamool have hit a wall in Bengal". ThePrint. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
- ↑ Ranjan, Abhinav (17 February 2021). "Bengal polls 2021: Indian Secular Front's Abbas Siddique ditches Owaisi, joins Congress-Left alliance". www.indiatvnews.com. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
- ↑ "30-seat deal with Left: ISF cleric Abbas Siddiqui". www.telegraphindia.com. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
