Revolutionary Youth Association

{{short description|Indian students organization}}

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{{Infobox organization

| name = Revolutionary Youth Association

| image = 250px

| abbreviation = RYA

| formation = 23 March 1990

| type = Youth organisation

| status = Active

| headquarters = Charu Bhawan, U-90, Shakarpur, Delhi-110092

| membership = 38,000 (2017)

| leader_title = National President

| leader_name = Manoj Manzil

| leader_title2 = National General Secretary

| leader_name2 = Niraj Kumar

| affiliations = CPIML Liberation
IPF (1990-1992)

| website = https://ryaindia.net

}}

Revolutionary Youth Association (RYA) is the youth wing of Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation).https://cpiml.net/ Communist Party Of India (Marxist Leninist) Liberation RYA is one of the biggest left wing youth association in India. RYA is biggest left wing youth association in the Indian state like Bihar, Jharkhand, Gujarat, Uttarpradesh, etc.

The RYA was established on 23 March 1995. Sixth National Conference was held in Varanasi on 15–16 December 2018. The Conference elected Manoj Manzil as National President and Niraj Kumar as General Secretary along with a national council of 75 members and 9 Central committee members.{{cite tweet | user=ryaindia | number=1507913152755040256 | title=RYA (Revolutionary Youth Association) (@ryaindia) }}

The RYA states that it supports universal dignified employment, equitable education, civil liberties, freedom and equality for women, social justice and secularism. It also says that it supports democratic values and the role of science. The RYA also states that it favors establishing ties with other left wing youth groups, especially in Asia.{{cite web | url=http://cpiml.org/category/first-page-category/student-youth/ | title=Student-Youth }}{{cite web | url=https://sabrangindia.in/article/youth-protests-employment-see-overwhelming-response-bihar | title=Youth protests for employment see overwhelming response in Bihar | date=28 January 2022 }}

The RYA states that it opposes fascism, Dictatorism, anarchism, statism, criminal and NGO trends, as well as attempts to divide Indian youth on caste, class, religious and ethnic divides.