Marxist Forward Bloc

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Marxist Forward Bloc, is a splinter-group of All India Forward Bloc. MFB was formed in 1953 as Satyapria Banerjee, a member of the AIFB Central Secretariat, Amar Bose, Suhurit Chaudhury and Ram Chatterji were expelled from AIFB. At its foundation, Satyapria Banerji was the party general secretary and Amar Bose its chairman.

MFB has been associated with the combined left movement since its inception. Its leader Ram Chatterjee was a minister in the Bengal Left Front Government for several years. Today MFB is led by Pratim Chatterjee, Fire services minister of West Bengal. Chatterjee represents Tarakeswar. MFB is part of the Left Front.

In West Bengal assembly elections MFB contests Tarakeswar and Jamalpur seats as a Left Front partner. In the 2006 West Bengal legislative assembly election, the party retained both seats. In the Kolkata municipal polls in 2005, MFB contested in 2 wards as a Left Front partner. Biren Chakroborty who is the secretary of MFB was elected from ward no 57.