Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) New Democracy
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Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) New Democracy is a communist political party in India. The party was founded as a breakaway from the CPI(ML) of Chandrapulla Reddy in 1988. The party general secretary is Yatendra Kumar.
The party is mainly based in Andhra Pradesh, but also has branches in West Bengal, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Delhi, Orissa, Haryana etc.. The party has one member in the Legislative Assembly of Andhra Pradesh, Narsaiah Gummadi from the constituency Yellandu and one from Bihar Umadhar Prasad Singh.
CPI(ML) ND works both with legal and illegal methods. The party contests elections and organizes open mass organizations (especially the Indian Federation of Trade Unions [IFTU] and the peasants movement All India Kisan-Mazdoor Sabha), but at the same time it organizes small guerrilla units, 'dalams'. In the last years CPI(ML) ND has been radicalized and started focus more on the underground work and distancing itself from the legal left and the moderate ML factions.
In Andhra Pradesh it is usually known as CPI(ML) Prajapantha.
