The Communist Party of India (Marxist Leninist) Red Star  (in brief CPI (ML) Red Star) was formed in 2009 merging with various factions of CPI (ML), following the Bhopal Special Conference in 2009. with K N Ramachandran as the General Secretary, who has been reelected to the post in the 9th, 10th and 11th Congresses of the Party, which were held in 2011 at Bhubaneswar (Odisha) in 2015 at Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) & 2018 at Bengaluru (Karnataka) 5respectively.

K.N Ramchandran is General Secretary since the very inception of this party.

In West Bengal this party gained momentum in participation in Bhangor against an ongoing power station project.

[8] Although many of its members were arrested including women-wing leader Sharmishtha Chowdhury the movement still continued.

[9] Bhangor protesters led by Red Star leader Alik Chakraborty won five seats[10] in Polerhat-2 rural poll despite heavy obstacles from the ruling party including blocking nominations[11] and rigging.