in 1974 mishra came into contact with subrata dutta (jauhar), a leader of armed struggle in the plain areas of bihar. on 28 july 1974 (the second death anniversary of charu majumdar) a new party central committee was formed with jauhar as general secretary and mishra and swadesh bhattacharya (raghu) as members. the reorganized party became known as the 'anti-lin biao' group (whilst the faction of mahadev mukherjee constituted the 'pro-lin biao' group). the anti-lin biao group became known as the cpi(ml) liberation.