[5] The Lal Communist Party was stronger in the PEPSU areas in the Punjab State proper.
Compared to the CPI in Punjab, the Lal Communist Party had a stronger base amongst poor peasants.
[5] The party began mobilising militant mass struggles amongst the peasantry, organising large meetings and calling on peasants not to share their crops with landlords.
[1] The Lal Communist Party contested the Punjab and PEPSU Legislative Assembly elections held on 27 March 1952.
[8][9][11] Merger talks between the CPI Punjab unit and the Lal Communist Party began in 1951.
On the other hand, there was a part of the party leadership that criticised the way Teja Singh Swatantra organised the armed struggle.
The guerrillas of Lal Communist Party had become involved in daciotry as they robbed a bank in Rae Bareli, which the critics found inappropriate.
[13] The Lal Communist Party approached the CPI to discuss reunification, albeit Teja Singh Swatantra opposed the idea.
[12] To join CPI, ex-Lal Communist Party members had to apply for membership and author a written confession of self-criticism.
[13] Whilst the majority of ex-Lal Communist Party members joined CPI (both in the leadership and grassroots), hundreds of ex-Lal Communist Party members were denied entry into CPI (including Baba Bujha Singh).
[1] Within CPI the former Lal Communist Party members continued to act as a faction of its own for some time.
In the Sangrur, Patiala and Bhatinda districts many former Lal Communist Party activists stayed in CPI.