Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)

Revolutionary Socialist Party
General SecretaryManoj Bhattacharya
FounderTridib Chaudhuri
Founded19 March 1940 (1940-03-19)
Headquarters17, Firoz Shah Road, New Delhi – 110001
28°37′20.5″N 77°13′27.9″E / 28.622361°N 77.224417°E / 28.622361; 77.224417
Student wingProgressive Students Union
Youth wingRevolutionary Youth Front
Women's wingAll India United Mahila Sangh
Labour wingUnited Trade Union Congress
Peasant's wingSamyukta Kisan Sabha
IdeologyCommunism
Marxism–Leninism
Political positionLeft-wing
Colours  Red
ECI StatusState Party
AllianceLeft Front
(West Bengal)
Secular Democratic Alliance
(West Bengal)
Left Front
(Tripura)
UDF (2014–present)
(Kerala)
MPSA (Manipur)
INDIA
(National level)
Seats in Lok Sabha
1 / 543
Election symbol
Party flag

The Revolutionary Socialist Party (RSP) is a communist party in India. The party was founded on 19 March 1940 by Tridib Chaudhuri and has its roots in the Bengali liberation movement Anushilan Samiti and the Hindustan Socialist Republican Army.

The party got around 0.4% of the votes and three seats in the Lok Sabha elections in 1999 and 2004. It is part of the Left Front (West Bengal), Left Front (Tripura) and Congress-led United Democratic Front (Kerala).

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