Kangleipak Communist Party

Kangleipak Communist Party was political party in Manipur. Named after Kangleipak, the ancient name of Manipur, it was initially led by the communist ideologues — Ibohanbi and Ibopishak. The Kangleipak Communist Party (KCP) had been engaged in an armed struggle to achieve sovereignty for Manipur since the 1980s.

Splinter factions
The KCP has now been divided into numerous factions, of which the known are:


 * 1) Kangleipak Communist Party (City Meitei)
 * 2) Kangleipak Communist Party (Prithvi)
 * 3) Kangleipak Communist Party (Mangang)
 * 4) Kangleipak Communist Party (Military Council)
 * 5) Kangleipak Communist Party (Maoist)
 * 6) Kangleipak Communist Party (Lamphel)
 * 7) Kangleipak Communist Party (Sunil Meitei)
 * 8) Kangleipak Communist Party (Mobile Task Force)
 * 9) Kangleipak Communist Party (Lamyanba Khuman)
 * 10) Kangleipak Communist Party (Loyallakpa)
 * 11) Kangleipak Communist Party (Noyon)

Kangleipak Communist Party (Maoist)
In 2009, numerous comrades of the KCP coalesced and organised a convention, and reconstructed the party's Central Committee. Forthwithly after the plenum, they named the faction as "Kangleipak Communist Party (Maoist)," which has now evolved into the Maoist Communist Party of Manipur.