Indian Secular Front

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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] However, the Congress leader Anand Sharma slammed the party's decision and calls it "painful and shameful".[6] The party will be contesting the upcoming West Bengal Legislative Assembly election with 30 seats.[7]

Indian Secular Front
AbbreviationISF
PresidentNaushad Siddiqui
SecretarySrimon Soren
FounderPirzada Abbas Siddique
Founded15 February 2021 (4 years ago) (2021-02-15)
HeadquartersKolkata, India
Ideology
Political positionCentre-Left
AllianceMahajot

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References

  1. ""Want To Be Kingmaker": Muslim Preacher Announces Party For Bengal Polls". 21 January 2021.
  2. "Indian Secular Front ups ante on seats". 18 February 2021.
  3. 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.
  4. Das, Madhuparna (5 February 2021). "Why talks of a 'secular front' against BJP & Trinamool have date=2021-03-01". ThePrint. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help); Missing pipe in: |title= (help)
  5. 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.
  6. "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 2 March 2021.
  7. "30-seat deal with Left: ISF cleric Abbas Siddiqui". www.telegraphindia.com. Retrieved 1 March 2021. {{cite web}}: Text "access-al-assembly-elections-2021-30-seat-deal-with-leftsays-indian-secular-front-cleric-abbas-siddiqui/cid/1807955" ignored (help)