The Left Front (Bengali: বাম ফ্রন্ট Bam Frônṭ) is an alliance of Indian leftist parties, shortly called LF. In West Bengal and Tripura there are state-level committees of the Left Front; Left Front governments currently rule both of these states.
In West Bengal the following parties are parts of the Left Front:
Communist Revolutionary League of India was a member of the Bengali LF between 1995 and 2000.
The convenor of the West Bengal Left Front committee is Biman Bose, politburo member of the CPI(M).
In Tripura, the following parties are members of Left Front:
In Kerala, a formation of left parties led by the CPI(M) called the Left Democratic Front is the governing group in the Kerala State Assembly.
The Left parties withdrew their support to the UPA government in July, 2008 because of the opposition to India's succumbing to the US over the nuclear deal and defence framework agreement. In the 15th Lok Shabha Polls, Left parties along with other non-Congress, non-BJP regional players formed a third alternative which did not make any political breakthrough. Left forces got a drubbing in Kerala and West Bengal and their total seats tally is an all time low 24 (CPI-M 16, CPI 4, RSP 2 and FB 2).
Factionalism within the CPI-M and its attitude towards junior front partners like RSP and Janata Dal(S) were the main reasons behind the debacle in Kerala. In West Bengal, Left has lost because of the Congress wave and some local issues. The Left Front wanted to develop the state industrially which was blocked by the opposition.
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