Bolshevik Samasamaja Party
Bolshevik Equal Society Party Bolshevik Samasamaja Party | |
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Founded | 1948 |
Dissolved | 1950 |
Preceded by | Bolshevik-Leninist Party of India, Ceylon and Burma |
Merged into | Lanka Sama Samaja Party |
Ideology | Socialism Marxism Trotskyism |
International affiliation | Fourth International |
The Bolshevik Samasamaja Party was the
After the war there was a split in the
The relation between the two groups was often antagonistic. The BSP, which concentrated on building a cadre party, accused LSSP of 'organisational
In 1946 there was a brief reconciliation between the two factions. At the general election of 1947, the LSSP emerged as the main opposition party, with 10 seats. The BSP obtained 5 seats.
The BLPI-affiliated BSP became an independent party in 1948, and was recognized as the Lankan section of the Fourth International, when the BLPI was dissolved.
In 1950 the LSSP and BSP merged once again. The membership in the Fourth International was passed on to LSSP. When the group around Anil Moonesinghe split from the LSSP in 1982, he charged that the party had been taken over by the BSP faction.