Samajwadi Jana Parishad is a political party

Political party

A political party is a political organization that typically seeks to influence government policy, usually by nominating their own candidates and trying to seat them in political office. Parties participate in electoral campaigns, educational outreach or protest actions...

 in India

India

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. The party was founded in 1995 by Kishan Patnaik, Bhai Vaidya and many grassroot level political organisations who believed in creating an alternative political culture. Active members of the party cannot have any association with foreign funded NGOs. The ideology of the party is Gandhian Socialism

Gandhian Socialism

Gandhian socialism has been one of the first principles adopted by the Bharatiya Janata Party in India, during some part of its history, since the eighties...

. The president of the party currently is Lingraj and the general secretary is Som Nath Tripathi. It is active in 15 states.It believes that Globalisation is a counter-revolution phase and hence associates itself with anti-globalisation struggles.

The party is very close to many popular movements and NGOs. It is a founding member of the National Alliance of Peoples Movements N A P M.

External links

• The Socialist
• Samajwadi Jan Parishad U.P.
• Towards an alternative politics: People’s movements join the electoral process
• Anti MNC Forum
• Indian Socialist leader Jugal Kishore Raibir passes away