Samajwadi Jan Parishad

Samajwadi Jan Parishad
Samajwadi Jan Parishad
Abbreviation	S.W.J.P.
President	Lingaraj Azad
General Secretary	Aflatoon (Uttar Pradesh)
Treasurer	Ganesh Raghunath Raorane
Founder	Kishen Pattnaik; Jugal Kishore Roybir;
Founded	1995
Headquarters	D.28/160,Pande Haveli, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh-221001
Newspaper	Samyik Varta
Student wing	Vidhyarthi Yuva Jan Sabha
Peasant's wing	Kisan Mazdoor Parishad
Ideology	Democratic socialism
Political position	Left-wing
Alliance	National Alliance of People's Movements
Party flag
Website
	swjp.in
	Politics of India; Political parties; Elections;

Samajwadi Jana Parishad (translation: "Socialist People's Congress"), is a socialist political party^[1] in India^[2].

Foundation

The party was founded in 1995 by late Kishen Pattanayak and many grassroot level political organisations who believed in creating an alternative political culture. Active members of the party cannot have any association with foreign funded NGOs. The ideology of the party is based upon the thoughts of Mahatma Gandhi, Ram Manohar Lohia, Jayaprakash Narayan and Ambedkar.^[3] It is active in 15 states. It believes that Globalisation is a counter-revolution phase and hence associates itself with anti-globalisation struggles^[4].

It has involved in many historic struggles in various parts of India such as Mehdiganj, Mau (UP), Betul, Kesla (MP), Niyamgiri, Jagjitsinghpur-POSCO (Odisha), Jalpaiguri (North Bengal), Kudankulam (Tamil Nadu) etc...

This was the only party to have protested and almost barged into the Commonwealth Games Office at Central Delhi protesting against the huge spending by the Govt.

The party is very close to many popular people's movements. It is a founding member of the National Alliance of People's Movements N.A.P.M.

Party structure

In the 14th biennial national conference held at Titilagarh (Odisha) on November 22 and 23, 2025. the following are elected as its new office bearers.^[5]

President: Lingaraj Azad^[6]
Vice Presidents:
1. Mahesh Vikram
2. Shivaji Gaikwad
3. Satyendra Roy
General Secretary: Aflatoon (Uttar Pradesh)
Organizing Secretary: Chanchal Mukherjee
Secretaries:
1. Adv. Vishnu Dhoble
2. Suresh Narikuni
Treasurer: Ganesh Raorane

Electoral records

It has been participating and contesting in general elections, but has not won any seats in the Rajyasabha or Loksabha or state assembly elections.

Madhya Pradesh - 2003

The party took part in Madhya Pradesh elections, with four candidates:^[7]

Mangal Sing for Ghora Dongri
Fagram - Itarsi
Shamim Modi - Harda
Ajay Khare - Rewa

Maharashtra - 2004

Sayeed Kasam Sayeed Jamruddin 192-Gangapur^[8]

References

↑ Socialists-Communists: Need for a Continuing Dialogue (by Surendra Mohan, Mainstream Weekly, Tuesday 24 April 2007)
↑ Election Commission of India: Registered Un-recognised Political Parties. Page :86
↑ The overall ideology and inspiration of SJP is guided by such prominent national leaders as Mahatma Gandhi, Jayaprakash Narayan, Ram Manohar Lohia and B.R. Ambedkar, and this can be seen from the work of SJP and the causes taken up by it. – Counter Currents
↑ SEVERAL socialists launched the Samajwadi Jan Parishad in 1994 and one reason for this new outfit was the need to fight against globalisation etc.(by Surendra Mohan, Mainstream Weekly, Wednesday 8 August 2007)
↑ Lingaraj Azad, Aflatoon Elected as National President and General Secretary of Samajwadi Jan Parishad.
↑ Lingaraj Azad, the national president of the Samajwadi Jan Parishad, has been actively leading democratic and non-violent protests against indiscriminate exploitation of mineral resources in the name of development by multinational corporations. The New Indian Express (27 Mar 2026)
↑ "New Delhi". Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 2 September 2013.
↑ "Election Commission of India – State Elections 2004". Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 2 September 2013.

External links

The Socialist
समाजवादी जन परिषद
Towards an alternative politics: People’s movements join the electoral process
Anti MNC Forum
Indian Socialist leader Jugal Kishore Raibir passes away
Archived 20 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine
Election Commission of India: List of Political Parties & Symbol MAIN Notification dated 23.09.2021
swjp.in

[1] Socialists-Communists: Need for a Continuing Dialogue (by Surendra Mohan, Mainstream Weekly, Tuesday 24 April 2007)

[2] Election Commission of India: Registered Un-recognised Political Parties. Page :86

[3] The overall ideology and inspiration of SJP is guided by such prominent national leaders as Mahatma Gandhi, Jayaprakash Narayan, Ram Manohar Lohia and B.R. Ambedkar, and this can be seen from the work of SJP and the causes taken up by it. – Counter Currents

[4] SEVERAL socialists launched the Samajwadi Jan Parishad in 1994 and one reason for this new outfit was the need to fight against globalisation etc.(by Surendra Mohan, Mainstream Weekly, Wednesday 8 August 2007)

[5] Lingaraj Azad, Aflatoon Elected as National President and General Secretary of Samajwadi Jan Parishad.

[6] Lingaraj Azad, the national president of the Samajwadi Jan Parishad, has been actively leading democratic and non-violent protests against indiscriminate exploitation of mineral resources in the name of development by multinational corporations. The New Indian Express (27 Mar 2026)

[7] "New Delhi". Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 2 September 2013.

[8] "Election Commission of India – State Elections 2004". Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 2 September 2013.

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