Indian Secular Front
Indian Secular Front | |
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| Abbreviation | ISF |
| President | Simul Soren |
| Chairman | Naushad Siddiqui |
| Founder | Abbas Siddiqui |
| Founded | 21 January 2021 |
| Headquarters | Furfura Sharif, Hooghly, West Bengal |
| Ideology | Islamic nationalism Minority rights |
| Political position | Centre to Centre-right |
| ECI Status | Unrecognised |
| Seats in Rajya Sabha | 0 / 245 |
| Seats in Lok Sabha | 0 / 543 |
| Seats in West Bengal Legislative Assembly | 1 / 294 |
| Election symbol | |
| File:Indian Election Symbol Envelope.jpg | |
| Party flag | |
| File:Indian Secular Front Flag.png | |
Indian Secular Front (ISF),[1][2][3] registered as All India Secular Front,[4] is a 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.[5]
History
This party was formed ahead of the West Bengal Assembly election of 2021[6] and joined the Sanjukta Morcha,[7] led by the Left Front and the Indian National Congress[7] against the Trinamool Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party.[8] The party contested the 2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election in 38 seats and won in 1 seat.[9] 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.[10]
Electoral performance
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lok sabha | |||||||||
| 2024 | Nawsad Siddique | - | 17 | 0 | Steady | 650229 | Increase | Steady | |
| West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |||||||||
| 2021 | Nawsad Siddique | SM | 32 | 1 | Increase1 | 813,489 | 1.35% | Increase | Opposition |
| 2026 | Increase | Increase | |||||||
Criminal controversies
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.[11]
See also
References
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