Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Second Central Committee

The Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Second Central Committee is an underground naxalite faction in India. It was founded in late 1970's by Azizul Haque and Nishith Bhattacharya, two prominent communist leaders and intellectuals along with others after a split form the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Mahadev Mukherjee. CPI (ML) 2nd CC upholds the line of Lin Piao.
In 1980s, 2nd CC formed a Revolutionary Government in the huge rural areas of Bengal and Bihar.
The party is active in states like Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Assam and West Bengal.
On May 19 2003, a splinter group from CPI (ML) 2nd CC merged with Maoist Communist Centre of India. In 2006, another splinter group, namely Coordinating Committee of CPI (M-L) 2nd CC, merged with the CPI (Maoist).