Monday, September 27, 2010

AIDWA Kerala State conference opens


Ninth Kerala state conference of AIDWA, the fighting organisation of women started on 26th September in Trivandrum. The two day conference began the proceedings with unfurling of the flag by State president Com. T N Seema MP. The delegate session of the conferenc was inaugurated by Com. P K Sreemathi (Minister for Health and Social Welfare, Kerala State). She emphasized the importance of women movement in the era of globalization. She also highlighted the importance of 50 % reservation of seats in local body election. Com Sudha Sundararaman, All India Secretary AIDWA placed the organistaional report and greeted the deligates. Com N K Radha placed the Martyrs resolution and Com. Girija Surendran placed the Condolence resolution. After the inaugural session Com. K K Sailaja, State Secretary placed the work report for delibrations. 

 Later in the evening a seminar on religion and fundamentalism was held. CPIM State secretary Com. Pinarayi Vijayan inaugurated the seminar. KPCC president Ramesh Chennithala was also present. Pinarayi Vijayan said that the Communist parties had never taken an anti-religious stand, but only opposed intervention of religion in politics. He said it was Communists who reacted strongly when Christians were attacked in different parts of the country allegedly by Sangh Parivar forces."In our society there are believers as well as non- believers. Communists parties always desired co-operation of both these sections," he said.Stating that both majority and minority communalism were dangerous, he said these trends were mutually complementary 

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