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The flag of the All India Forward Bloc, a political party in India, was originally designed by the party founder Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose. The original design consisted of a tricolour with a leaping tiger.

An AIFB National Council meeting, held in Bhubaneswar April 8-9, 2022, unanimously decided to remove the hammer and sickle from the party flag. The move was seen as a shift to emphasize 'Subhasism'. In a press release issued from the meeting argued that the hammer and sickle imagery "somehow blocked the path of Forward Bloc to grow as an independent socialist party". It was announced that the new party flag would be hoisted on July 22, 2022. Six months prior to the National Council meeting the West Bengal AIFB state secretary Naren Chatterjee had met with Chandra Bose, grand-nephew of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, to discuss the planned flag change. Bose stated that he approved of the removal of the hammer and sickle, but also wished the colour would be switched back to the tricolour. He also expressed that the tiger should was made sturdier.

Thursday 2 September 2021 press conf "On Thursday, the party leadership officially announced its decision to remove the symbols of hammer and sickle from the party flag and change the colour of the flag from red to tri-colour. However, the tri-colour flag will continue carrying the symbol of the leaping tiger. This was the original flag of the party, which was founded by Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose. "

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Original tricolour leaping tiger Red flag with HS adopted in 1952 ""This decision is being taken to return to our roots to shift from the concept of communism to Netaji's path of socialism," AIFB GS Naren Chattopadhyay told IANS."" North Dinajpur ex MLA Ali Imran Ramz rejected new flag, stating ""We had been carrying our mass movements with this flag with a leaping tiger and hammer & sickle. Does the present leadership of the party feel that our legendary leaders like Late Ashoke Ghosh and ALate Chitta Basu were wrong in carrying this flag?" He declared formation of 'Azad Hind Fauj'. Chattopadhyay announced suspension of Ali and 4 other WB state committee members

"The Party Flag has been a Red Flag with the leaping tiger and a hammer and sickle since the Chandanagar convention when the party had split to underline its belief in “scientific socialism”."

"Forward Bloc led by Yagee . Yagee was elected general secretary and K.N. Joglekar chairman of the Yagee - led group . Notably, the Yagee- led group adopted a red flag with a leaping tiger and a hammer and sickle . Same year" "1952 general election the party contested as ' Forward Bloc ( Marxist ) ' , a denomination that differentiated i"

""The flag of the party shall be a red flag of which the length shall be one-an-a-half times its width. There shall be a leaping tiger on the flag with the tiger facing the top of the pole. At the right top of the flag there shall be a crossed hammer and sickle, just above the tiger's tail. The body of the Tiger shall be in yellow and black ; Hammer and Sickle be in white ."

1952 "Dec 31 The Forward Bloc ( Marxist ) concluded its 6th plenary session at Puri ( Orissa ) after adopting a new Party Constitution [...] new party flag was adopted showing a leaping tiger and the hammer and sickle on a red ground"

1948 All India Forward Bloc (Ruikar) split, used tricolour with leaping tiger as its flag.

"INA’s emblem of springing tiger, a logo adopted from Mysore’s Tipu Sultan."

"Chandannagar Convention unequivocally declared its firm faith in scientific socialism . The red flag with a leaping tiger and crossed hammer and sickle was adopted as the Party flag"

Material from Azad Hind Mancha article
was an organization of rebels from the Forward Bloc who have resigned or been expelled from the party for questioning the "undemocratic functioning" and ideological deviations of the leadership. On June 21, 2022, the Azad Hind Manch was formed under the leadership of Ali Imran Ramz and other rebels.

“The red flag with the image of a leaping tiger with a hammer and sickle is the original flag” is which they will carry forward. They have called for an ideological struggle against the "imposition" of the absurd doctrine of "Subhasvad" on the party workers.


 * On June 22, when the Forward Bloc called for the hoisting of the new flag, rebels celebrated the foundation day of the AIFB with the original flag in about 10 districts of the state.