the Left Democratic Alliance (along with CPI(M), CPI and SUCI). In April 1984 RCPI joined a convention of opposition parties (along with CPI, Congress (S) and the Janata Party), a move which side-lined the CPI(M). The April 1984 opposition convention used a language largely supportive of the Assam agitation. RCPI fielded a single candidate in the 1996 Indian general election; Baneswar Saikia in the Nowgong constituency. He obtained 1,803 votes (0.25%). As of 1996 Baneswar Saikia served as the RCPI general secretary. RCPI fielded two candidates in the 1998 Indian general election; Abdur Rashid in the Kaliabor constituency and Padma Kamal Phukon in the Jorhat constituency. In Kaliabor RCPI obtained 2,778 votes (0.43%) and in Jorhat the party obtained 1,642 votes (0.49%). RCPI fielded a single candidate in the 1999 Indian general election; Baneswar Saikia in the Kaliabor constituency. He obtained 1,516 votes (0.20%). RCPI joined the Nationalist Congress Party-led Regional Democratic Alliance ahead of the 2001 Assam Legislative Assembly election. RCPI fielded a single candidate in the 2004 Indian general election; Raj Kumar Dowara in the Jorhat constituency. He finished in fifth place with 16,691. RCPI fielded a single candidate in the 2009 Indian general election; Ambu Bora (then aged 78) in the Gauhati constituency. Bora received 7,788 votes (0.7% of the votes in the constituency). Later period In the Kolkata Municipal Corporation, 2015 RCPI again contested ward 87 with Tarun Basu as its candidate. Leadership Paramesh Das was the Assam state secretary of RCPI. Subhas Roy is the West Bengal State Secretary of the party. Biren Deka is the Secretary of the Central Committee of the party. On the 28th day of October 2018, an Organising State Committee was formed in Kerala, under the secretaryship of Dipin Thekkepuram. 2016 elections As per the second list of Left Front candidates for the 2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, released in March 2016, RCPI fielded Sanjoy Basu, a Calcutta High Court lawyer, in the Santipur seat and Kamal Hassan in the Hansan seat. After a period of vacillation RCPI endorsed the Left Front-Congress electoral understanding ahead of the 2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, although the agreement would mean no seats for RCPI to contest. Hassan's candidature was unofficially withdrawn in favour of the Indian National Congress after the prescribed date for withdrawal of nominations. Kamal Hassan obtained 751 votes (0.4%). Basu's nomination had been withdrawn prior to the prescribed