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Indian Socialist Party 
Summary
The Indian Socialist Party was a political party in the Indian state of Kerala.[1] ISP was founded in May 1969, by the majority of the erstwhile Kerala Samyukta Socialist Party (a splinter group of the Samyukta Socialist Party).[2] The two KSSP ministers in the state government, P. K. Kunju and P. R. Kurup, became members of ISP.[3] The ISP declared that it sought to become an All India party in six months.[4]
ISP had two ministers in the C. Achutha Menon cabinet formed in October 1969, O. Koran and N.K. Seshan.[5][6]
References edit
- ^ Grover, Verinder (1989). Party System And Political Parties In India. Deep & Deep Publications. p. 625. ISBN 978-81-7100-120-0.
- ^ Nossiter, Thomas Johnson (1 January 1982). Communism in Kerala: A Study in Political Adaptation. University of California Press. p. 215. ISBN 978-0-520-04667-2.
- ^ Chander, N. Jose (1 January 2004). Coalition Politics: The Indian Experience. Concept Publishing Company. p. 96. ISBN 978-81-8069-092-1.
- ^ Himmat. Vol. 5. 1969. p. 30.
- ^ Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace (1971). Yearbook on international communist affairs. Yearbook on International Communist Affairs series. Hoover Institution Press. p. 575.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Rao, M. V. S. Koteswara (2003). Communist parties and United Front experience in Kerala and West Bengal. Prajasakti Book House. p. 181. ISBN 978-81-86317-37-2.