| Description | India's oldest communist party reduced to very minor party status since the April to May election of 2019, when the CPI saw its one-time towering presence decimated to just 2 MPs in the 543-seat Lok Sabha
Party is on track to lose its rank as a 'National Party' (one of only 8) granted in the 70s by the Election Commission of India.
Party led armed rebellions for decades throughout India, especially in the states of Tripura, Telangana and Kerala, abandoning violence only after a period of strategic partnership between India and the Soviet Union was established by Jawaharlal Nehru in the 50s.
This abandonment of violence and anti-regime antagonism caused a rift within the party, which realized itself in the form of the pro-China and Maoist Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M)), which split off from the CPI in 1964.
Party has been led since 2019 by former MP, D. Raja |
