[2] For the same reason, to counter the communist All Burma Trade Union Congress, the socialists also launched the Trade Union Congress (Burma) in November 1945.
Before the foundation of the PF(S)P, the communists had openly emerged as a bloc inside AFPFL.
The post of chairman was abolished and the party was from then on led by Ba Swe and Kyaw Nyein.
[1] The membership of the Burma Socialist Party is estimated to have dropped from around 2,000 to just 200 as a consequence of the split.
[1] In 1964 the party was banned by decree of the Union Revolutionary Council led by Ne Win.