CPIM Palakkad District Conference

The Palakkad district conference of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) was held at Vadakkenchery, from January 6 to 8. The conference was inaugurated by party State secretary Com. Pinarayi Vijayan

Central Committee members Comrades V.S. Achuthanandan. P. Karunakaran, M.A. Baby, A. Vijayaraghavan, P.K. Sreemathy, and party State secretariat members T. Sivadasa Menon, A.K. Balan, and V.V. Dakshinamurthy were present during the conference. The conference was attended by 366 delegates, including 43 district committee members.

Com. C.K. Rajendran was elected as the new district secretary unanimously. 41 member district committe was also elected by the conference.

The conference concluded with a red volunteer march and a public rally. The meeting was inaugurated by Com. V S Achuthanandan.

CPI(M) Ernakulam District Conference

The three-day district conference of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) was held from 5th January to 9th January in the town of North Paravoor. The conference was inaugurated by party P B Member Com. Kodiyeri Balakrishnan . Party CC members Comrades Paloli Mohammed Kutty, P.K.Gurudasan, T.M Thomas Isaac, Vaikom Viswom took part in the event.

375 delegates, representing different area committees in the district participated in the deliberations and all the delegates unanimously accepted the report presented by the district secretary. During the conference, the party unit passed about 10 resolutions including those calling for limiting the water level at Mullaperiyar reservoir and asking the State Government to desist from the move to sideline the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation from implementing the proposed Kochi metro rail project.

The Conference unanimously elected Com. M.V. Govindan as district secretary and formed a 43-member district committee.


A massive rally was held in the town in which tens of thousands of party workers and 10000 Red Volunteers marched through the street. The rally was accompanied by bands, floats and cultural troupes. The rally concluded at the municipal recreation ground where CPI (M) Polit Bureau member Kodiyeri Balakrishnan received the red-salute from volunteers. This was followed by a public meeting presided over by the newly elected district secretary M.V. Govindan. M.C.Josephine, S.Sarma, MLA and N.A. Ali were among those spoke in the meeting.