Kamtapur People's Party

Kamtapur People's Party (KPP) is a political party working in the northern parts of the Indian state of West Bengal. KPP was founded in January 1996 by Atul Roy. KPP works amongst the Rajbanshi population. KPP demands the set up of a separate Kamtapur state and recognition of the dialect of the Rajbanshi/Rajbongshi/Kamatapuri as a separate language.

The student wing of KPP is the All Kamtapur Students Union. The women's wing is called Kamtapur Women's Rights Forum.

History

Ahead of the 2001 West Bengal assembly elections, KPP joined the All India Trinamool Congress-led Bangla Bachao Front.

In spring 2003, KPP suffered an internal division. Atul Roy, considered as a moderate, was dethroned and replaced by a more hardline leadership. Nikhil Roy became the new president of KPP and the general secretary was Subhas Burman. Atul Roy remained a member of the central committee.

Ahead of the 2004 Lok Sabha elections, KPP formed a front together with Jharkhand Mukti Morcha.

In 2006, Atul Roy broke away from Kamtapur People's Party to form a new party called the Kamtapur Progressive Party. However, Atul Roy and Nikhil Roy decided to end their dispute in October 2010 and Atul merged his party with Kamtapur People's Party.^[1] There is only one Kamtapur People's Party today. Atul Roy is the president of the party and Nikhil Roy is the general secretary.

References

External links

• A documentary on the demand of statehood of Kamtapur

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Members

National parties	Bharatiya Janata Party National People's Party
State parties	All India N.R. Congress All Jharkhand Students Union Apna Dal (Soneylal) Asom Gana Parishad Hill State People's Democratic Party Hindustani Awam Morcha Indigenous People's Front of Tripura Janata Dal (Secular) Janata Dal (United) Jannayak Janta Party Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party Mizo National Front Naga People's Front Nationalist Congress Party Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party Shiv Sena Sikkim Krantikari Morcha Telugu Desam Party United Democratic Party United People's Party Liberal
Unrecognized parties	Amma Makkal Munnettra Kazagam Bharath Dharma Jana Sena Gorkha National Liberation Front Haryana Lokhit Party Jan Surajya Shakti Jana Sena Party Kerala Kamaraj Congress NISHAD Party Prahar Janshakti Party Rashtriya Lok Dal Rashtriya Lok Janshakti Party Rashtriya Samaj Paksha Republican Party of India (Athawale) Shiromani Akali Dal (Sanyukt) Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar) Tamizhaga Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam
Member fronts	North-East Democratic Alliance North-East Regional Political Front United Democratic Front
Member organisations	Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh Shiv Sangram

Leaders

• Jagat Prakash Nadda
• Conrad Sangma
• Sudesh Mahto
• N. Rangasamy
• Anupriya Patel
• Atul Bora
• K. P. Pangniang
• Jitan Ram Manjhi
• Prem Kumar Reang
• H. D. Deve Gowda
• Nitish Kumar
• Dushyant Chautala
• Chirag Paswan
• Sudin Dhavalikar
• Zoramthanga
• Küzholuzo Nienü
• Ajit Pawar
• Neiphiu Rio
• Eknath Shinde
• Prem Singh Tamang
• Nara Chandra Babu Naidu
• Metbah Lyngdoh
• Pramod Boro
• T. T. V. Dhinakaran
• Thushar Vellappally
• Mann Ghising
• Gopal Kanda
• Vinay Kore
• Pawan Kalyan
• Vishnupuram Chandrasekharan
• Sanjay Kumar Nishad
• Bachchu Kadu
• A. C. Shanmugam
• K. Krishnasamy
• Pashupati Kumar Paras
• Mahadev Jankar
• Ramdas Athawale
• Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa
• Om Prakash Rajbhar
• G. K. Vasan
• B. John Pandian

candidates by election

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