Mohan Punamia was an Indian trade unionist and politician. Punamia, then the Rajasthan secretary of the All India Trade Union Congress, was detained and jailed 1964-1965 under Defense of India Rules.[1]
In April 1964 Punamia was one of 32 members of the Communist Party of India National Council that broke away and formed the Communist Party of India (Marxist).[2] He served as the CPI(M) Rajasthan State Committee secretary.[3][4] When the Centre of Indian Trade Unions was founded in 1970, Punamiya became the founding president of CITU in Rajasthan.[1][5]
In 1981 Punamia was expelled from CPI(M).[6] A split also occurred in CITU, in 1982 Punamia founded the Rajasthan Trade Union Centre.[7][8][9] In 1983 he founded a new party, the Marxist Communist Party of India (MCPI).[3] Punamia served as secretary of MCPI.[10] In 1986 he founded the All India Centre of Trade Unions.[11]