Satyapriya Banerjee

Banerjee went to Berlin for studies, and obtained Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Laws degrees. In 1920 he founded the Samaj Sevak Sangh. ==Struggle for Independence==

Banerjee served as secretary of the Bengal Provincial Congress Committee. Working closely with Subhas Chandra Bose, he left the Indian National Congress along with Bose and founded the All India Forward Bloc (in which Banerjee became secretary). During the Partition Banerjee was active in the United Central Refugee Council. ==Trade unionist==

Banerjee served as president of the Bengal Provincial Trade Union Congress and vice-president of the All India Trade Union Congress. ==Bowbazar election==

Banerjee stood as a candidate in Bowbazar in the 1952 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election. His candidature was supported by different left parties. Banerjee was defeated by the Congress candidate Bidhan Chandra Roy. Roy obtained 13,910 votes, whilst Banerjee got 9,799 votes (41.33%). The day following the elections, riots broke out. ==Split in the Forward Bloc==

He was elected to the Rajya Sabha in the same year, and remained in that post until 1956. Banerjee was expelled from the party, along with Amar Bose and Suhurit Chaudhury, by the Working Committee of the All India Forward Bloc. At the time Banerjee was the sole national parliamentarian of the party. Banerjee and the other expellees founded the Marxist Forward Bloc in April 1954. ==References==