CPIM Kannur District Conference was held in the town of Payyannur from 14th to 16th of January 2012. This was the last of the 14 District conferences in Kerala.
The District conference was opened by party State secretary Com. Pinarayi Vijayan. 375 delegates representing 43,433 party members in the district and 42 party district committee members attended the delegates' session of the conference. The party's political and organisational activities and agitations spearheaded by it since the last district conference was evaluated. The delegates paid floral tributes to 14 activists who laid down their life in attacks by the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh and the Popular Front of India in four years.
Comrade P. Jayarajan has been re-elected district secretary. A 45-member district committee was elected unanimously by the delegates at the conference. The newly elected committee includes six new members. The new members are P. Balan and P.V. Gopinath, area committee secretaries of Pinarayi and Sreekantapuram respectively; P.V. Krishnan, Centre of Indian Trade Unions; K. Leela, All-India Democratic Women's Association; V. Shivadasan, Students Federation of India; and A.N. Shamseer (Democratic Youth Federation of India).
A red volunteer march was held here in the evening to mark the conclusion of the district conference. Lakhs of party workers thronged the street to reach the public meeting venue. Party State secretary Pinarayi Vijayan, Polit Bureau member Kodiyeri Balakrishnan, Central committee members E.P. Jayarajan and P.K. Sreemathi, Kasaragod MP P. Karunakaran led the procession.
Leader of the Opposition Comrade V.S. Achuthanandan inaugurated the public function to mark the end of the three-day meet.
Leader of the Opposition Comrade V.S. Achuthanandan inaugurated the public function to mark the end of the three-day meet.