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|abbreviation = ISF | |abbreviation = ISF | ||
|party_logo = File:ISF flag.svg | |party_logo = File:ISF flag.svg | ||
|colorcode = {{Indian Secular Front | |colorcode = {{party color|Indian Secular Front}} | ||
|founder = [[Abbas Siddiqui]] | |founder = [[Abbas Siddiqui]] | ||
|chairman = [[Nawsad Siddique]] | |chairman = [[Nawsad Siddique]] | ||
|secretary = Srimon Soren | |secretary = Srimon Soren | ||
|foundation = 21 January 2021 | |foundation = 21 January 2021 | ||
|alliance = Sanjukta Morcha (2021) | |alliance = [[Sanjukta Morcha]] (2021) | ||
| state_seats_name = [[West Bengal Legislative Assembly]] | | state_seats_name = [[West Bengal Legislative Assembly]] | ||
| state_seats = {{Composition bar|1|294|hex=#000180}} | | state_seats = {{Composition bar|1|294|hex=#000180}} | ||
|ideology = | |ideology = | ||
|position = | |position = | ||
| symbol = | | symbol = | ||
}} | }} | ||
The '''Indian Secular Front''' ( | 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> | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
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 | 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> | ||
==Electoral performance== | ==Electoral performance== | ||
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| [[ | | [[Abbas Siddiqui]]<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|access-date=29 March 2021|website=Millennium Post}}</ref> | ||
| | |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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[[Category:Islamic political parties in India]] | [[Category:Islamic political parties in India]] | ||
[[Category:2021 establishments in India]] | [[Category:2021 establishments in India]] | ||
[[Category:Politics of | [[Category:Politics of West Bengal]] |