[3] The PBCP suffers from violent rivalry both internally and externally with different party factions and rival splinter groups.

[5] After the independence of Bangladesh the party broke into multiple factions and followed the ideology of Charu Majumdar of India.

[5] In January 2004, the party killed two journalists in Khulna, Manik Chandra Saha and Humayun Kabir Balu.

The PBCP carries out assassination and other violent actions in order to intimidate its enemies it has also clashed with Islamic extremist groups.

[12] Abdul Kuddus, a leader of the Lal Pataka faction, was killed in a shootout with the Rapid Action Battalion in Kushtia on 5 April 2018.

[14] Mofakkhar Chowdhury led the Janajuddha faction till he was killed by the Rapid Action Battalion on 17 December 2004 in a crossfire incident.

[12][14] His successor, Abdur Rashid Malitha Tapan, was also killed in a crossfire incident by Rapid Action Battalion on 19 June 2008 along with a female companion in Kushtia.