 The party bases its political philosophy on the thinking of Karl Marx, B. R. Ambedkar and Jyotirao Phule.Patil had been an organizer of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) in the Dhule district.He developed his own ideological thesis of 'Marxism-Phule-Ambedkarism', and in 1978 he broke with the CPI(M) and founded the Satyashodhak Communist Party.