CPIM Thrissur District Conference

Communist Party of India (Marxist) Polit Bureau member Kodiyeri Balakrishnan inaugurated the delegate session of a three-day Thrissur district conference which was held from 2nd Janauary to 4th January 2012. Comrades P.R. Rajan, P K. Biju, MPs; K. Radhakrishnan, Babu M. Palissery, B. D. Devassy, C. Ravindranath, MLAs; party leaders E. P. Jayarajan, A. K. Balan, Paloli Mohammed Kutty, T. Sivadasa Menon, K. K. Mamakutty, district secretary A. C. Moideen, reception committee chairman Baby John, convener M. M. Varghese, Lonappan Nambadan and C. P. Narayanan were present.

Conference reception committee chairman Baby John hoisted the party flag at the venue. P.R. Rajan, MP, lit a ceremonial torch. Party district secretary A.C. Moideen inaugurated an exhibition on history.

 370 delegates, including 40 district committee members were present in the delegate session representing 32,018 members in the district. Com. A C Moideen placed the Organisational and Political report for discussions in the conference

A.C. Moideen will continue as CPI(M) district secretary. He was named secretary in March after the party decided to field outgoing district secretary Baby John in Manalur in the Assembly elections. The district conference also elected a 41-member district committee.

Addressing a press conference, Mr. Moideen said that a study programme would be conducted among the party leadership to develop a master plan for the district's development. The district conference adopted 19 resolutions about development issues and the need for strengthening efforts to solve people's problems.

A mass rally was organised on the third day of the conference. More than one lakh people participated in the rally organised in the city. The rally converged at the famous Thekinkad Maidanam, where the Thrissur pooram is held.  25000 Red Volunteers marched through the city as a show of strength. CPIM PB member Com. Kodiyeri Balakrishnan was given a Gaurd of Honour by the red volunteers. Eventually Thrissur city turned into a red sea. The Public meeting was inaugurated by Com. Kodiyeri Balakrishnan.