Samajwadi Jana Parishad (translation: "Socialist People's Council"), is a political party in India.

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Samajwadi Jan Parishad
President	Adv. Kamal Banrjee (Bengal)
Secretary	Aflatoon (Uttar Pradesh)
Founder	Jugal Kishore Roybir Kishen Pattnaik Bhai Vaidya
Founded	1995
Newspaper	Samyik Varta, Samajwadi Nzariya, Paramprik Samajwad ka dristidosh Aur Nai Disha Kee Talash
Student wing	Vidhyarthi Yuva Jan Sabha
Ideology	Democratic socialism Secularism
Political position	Left of Centre
Seats in Lok Sabha	0
Seats in Rajya Sabha	0 / 245
Website
www.samajwadijanparishad.com
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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 Lohiya, Jayaprakash Narayan, Ambedkar and Vinoba Bhave. It is active in 15 states. It believes that Globalisation is a counter-revolution phase and hence associates itself with anti-globalisation struggles.

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.

In the 11th national council held at Jateswar, Alipurduar (West Bengal) on 29,30 April & 1 May 2017. the following are elected as its new office bearers.

• President: Lingaraj Azad
• Vice Presidents:
  1. Adv Kamal Bannerjee
  2. Adv Joshy Jacob
• General Secretary: Aflatoon (Uttar Pradesh)
• Organizing Secretary: Ranjit Kr Roy (West Bengal)
• Secretaries: Phagh Ram (Madhya Pradesh), Prof Mahesh Vikram (UP), Tara Jadhav (Maharashtra), Atul Kumar (Delhi)
• Treasurer: Dr. Chandra Bhusan Choudhary (Jharkhand)

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