Wednesday, November 16, 2011

CPIM 20th Party Congress Reception Committee formed


A 5001-member reception committee has been formed for conducting the 20th party congress of the CPI(M) to be held in Kozhikode, Kerala from April 4 to 9, 2012

CPIM PB Member Com. Kodiyeri Balakrishnan presided over the meeting. A meeting in which members of the Polit Bureau, Central Committee, State Secretariat and State Committee of the party participated here on Tuesday chose poet O.N.V. Kurup and P.K. Warrier, Managing Trustee and Chief Physician of Kottakkal Arya Vaidya Sala, as patrons.
CPIM State Secretary Com. Pinarayi Vijayan is the chairman and CPIM Kozhikode district secretary T.P. Ramakrishnan is the general secretary, and Elamaram Karim, MLA, treasurer of the 250-member executive committee. 

There are 28 vice-presidents and 20 secretaries, including legislators, elected representatives, and other party leaders in the committee. Various sub-committees have also been formed for the smooth conduct of the congress.

Com Pinarayi Vijayan  said that the Party Congress of Communist Party of India (Marxist) scheduled to be held here April 4 to 9, will be made a historic one. Inaugurating the meeting to constitute a reception committee for conducting the party congress, Vijayan said that national issues would be disicussed seriously at the party congress. The ideological resolution would be discussed and adopted at the Party congress, Vijayan said, adding delegates from across the country would participate in the party congress. This will be the fourth time that the Party Congress is being held in Kerala. Among various issues the failure of Congress-led United Progressive Alliance government at the centre would be discussed at the party congress.