Indian Secular Front
Indian Secular Front | |
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| Abbreviation | ISF |
| President | Simul Soren |
| Chairman | Nawsad Siddiqui |
| Founder | Abbas Siddiqui |
| Founded | 21 January 2021 |
| Headquarters | Furfura Sharif, Hooghly, West Bengal |
| Ideology | Bengali Muslim nationalism Islamic secularism Regionalism |
| Political position | Centre-left |
| ECI Status | Unrecognised |
| Seats in Lok Sabha | 0 / 543 |
| Seats in Rajya Sabha | 0 / 245 |
| Seats in West Bengal Legislative Assembly | 1 / 294 |
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The Indian Secular Front (ISF; Bengali: ইন্ডিয়ান সেক্যুলার ফ্রন্ট) is an Islamic secularist political party in India. The party was founded by Pirzada Abbas Siddiqui, a Islamic scholar and cleric of Furfura Sharif, in 2021. Currently allied with Sanjukta Morcha, the party is chaired by Pirzada Nawsad Siddiqui and has its headquarters located at Furfura Sharif in Hooghly district.[1]
History
[edit]This party was formed ahead of the West Bengal Assembly election of 2021[2] and joined the Sanjukta Morcha,[3] led by the Left Front and the Indian National Congress[3] against the Trinamool Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party.[4] The party contested the 2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election in 38 seats and won in 1 seat.[5] The party fought the 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.[6]
Electoral performance
[edit]For the 2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, the ISF allied with the Communist Party of India (Marxist) and Indian National Congress in an alliance named Sanjukta Morcha. Nawsad Siddique is the only MLA from the party.
| Election Year | Leader | Poll alliance | seats contested | seats won | +/- in seats | Overall votes | % of overall votes | +/- in vote share | Sitting side |
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| Lok sabha | |||||||||
| 2024 | Nawsad Siddique | - | 17 | 0 | 
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650229 | 
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| West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |||||||||
| 2021 | Nawsad Siddique | SM | 32 | 1 | 1
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813,489 | 1.35% |
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Opposition |
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Criminal controversies
[edit]Prior to the 2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly elections, bombs and guns were recovered by the police from the residence of Ziarul Mollah, a party worker.[7]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Want To Be Kingmaker": Muslim Preacher Announces Party For Bengal Polls". 21 January 2021.
- ^ Wire.in, The (28 February 2021). "Bengal: As Left and Congress Ally With Muslim Cleric's Party, Will BJP Be the Winner?".
- ^ a b India, Outlook (28 February 2021). "With Brigade Rally, Left-Congress-ISF's 'Sanyukta Morcha' Kicks Of Bengal Poll Campaign". Outlook.India.
- ^ "West Bengal: In Left-Congress Brigade Ground Rally, ISF Emerged as the Biggest Mobiliser". The Wire. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
- ^ "30-seat deal with Left: ISF cleric Abbas Siddiqui". www.telegraphindia.com. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
- ^ "Bengal Congress chief Adhir Chowdhury does not want ISF as an ally in future". The Times of India. 10 May 2021. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
- ^ "Bombs Recovered From Indian Secular Front Worker's Residence In West Bengal: Police". NDTV.com. Retrieved 26 November 2024.
