AGARTALA, Jan 23 (TIWN): The All India Forward Bloc (AIFB) is a left-wing nationalist political party in India, which emerged as a faction within the Indian National Congress in 1939, led by Subhas Chandra Bose. Today, the members of the Forward Bloc in Tripura have paid tribute to Bose, appealing for peace and unity among all Indians regardless cast, colour, religions and community. Shyamal Roy, the State Secretary of Forward Bloc said that observing Netaji Jayanti is important but till today nobody knows the reality behind Netaji's disappearance and thus the Truth must come out.

History of Forward Bloc : The Forward Bloc of the Indian National Congress was formed on May 3, 1939 by Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, who had resigned from the presidency of the Indian National Congress on 29 April after being disagreed with Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi's mode of protest against British. The formation of the Forward Bloc was announced to the public at a rally in Calcutta. Bose said that who all were joining, they had to never turn their back to the British and must fill the pledge form by cutting their finger and signing it with their blood. First of all, seventeen young girls came up and signed the pledge form. Initially the aim of the Forward Bloc was to rally all the leftwing sections within the Congress and develop an alternative leadership inside the Congress. Bose became the president of the Forward Bloc and S.S. Cavesheer its vice-president. A Forward Bloc Conference was held in Bombay in the end of June. At that conference the constitution and programme of the Forward Bloc were approved.[6] In July 1939 Subhas Chandra Bose announced the Committee of the Forward Bloc. It had Subhas Chandra Bose as president, S.S. Kavishar from Punjab as its vice-president, Lal Shankarlal from Delhi, as its general secretary and Pandit B Tripathi and Khurshed Nariman from Bombay as secretaries. Other prominent members were Annapurniah from Andhra Pradesh, Senapati Bapat, Hari Vishnu Kamnath from Bombay, Pasumpon U. Muthuramalingam Thevar from Tamil Nadu and Sheel Bhadra Yagee from Bihar. Satya Ranjan Bakshi, was appointed as the secretary of the Bengal Provincial Forward Bloc.[7]  In August, the same year Bose began publishing a newspaper titled Forward Bloc. He travelled around the country, rallying support for his new political project.

www.youtube.com/watch Netaji's birthday celebrated by Forward Bloc in Tripura. TIWN Video Jan 23, 2021