 Nayar was, however, defeated by the Congress candidate R.K. Dorai (brother of the Raja of Ramnad).In 1968 Nayar (then a central committee member of the party), together with S. Andi Thevar broke away from AIFB and founded the Revolutionary Forward Bloc.Nayar accused the Forward Bloc of deviating from its socialist principles through its cooperation with the rightwing Swantantra Party.