This page contains a list of political parties in India that are aligned with the communist ideology. Most communist parties in India trace their origins to- * (i) the Communist Party of India, the oldest communist party in India, takes part in parliamentary processes; * (ii) the All India Forward Bloc which was a faction within the Indian National Congress led by Subhas Chandra Bose, the leader of the Indian National Army, which led an armed struggle for independence during World War II. Today AIFB takes part in parliamentary processes; * (iii) the Revolutionary Socialist Party (India), which is considered the successor to Anushilan Samiti, and Hindustan Socialist Republican Association, the HSRA was an organization that lead an armed revolutionary socialist movement against the Britis