CPI(M) Kollam district Conference

The three-day district conference of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) was held from 2nd January to 4th January. The conference was inaugurated by party State secretary Pinarayi Vijayan at the Municipal Town Hall. Party CC Members Com.  V.S. Achuthanandan, P.K. Gurudaan, M.A. Baby, T.M. Thomas Isaac, M.C. Josephine, Vaikom Vishwan, and state secreteriate members Com M.V. Govindan and Anathalavattam Anandan attended the conference. 

356 delegates representing the 34,920 members in the district took part in the district conference. The party has 2,490 branch committees 136 Local committees and  17 area committees.

Procedures for the district conference began in September, 2011, with local committee conferences. All the 136 local committee conferences were completed in November. This was followed by the area committee conferences. Seminars on contemporary topics were conducted at all taluks in the district as a prelude to the district conference. The party flag hoisted at the conference venue is being brought from the tomb of M.A. Ashraf at Anchal Thadikkad who attained martyrdom for the party. The flag hoisted at the public meeting venue will be brought from the Sooranad Martyrs Memorial.

District secretary of the party Com K. Rajagopal presented the Organisational and political report. Com Rajagopal was reelected the district secretary. The conference also constituted 43-member district committee with 7 new faces.

The red volunteer march in connection with the conference will began from the Asramam Maidan at 3 p.m. on Wednesday. More than 10,000 red volunteers and close to one lakh party members, supporters and sympathisers took part in the march. Com. V S Achuthanandan inaugurated the public meeting which follows.