CPI (M) Kerala State Conference Concludes

Underlining the invincibility of CPI (M) in Kerala a red ocean of people descended on the Capital city on February 10th. Around 3 lakh people,  from Thiruvananthapuram district, marched in a massive rally marking the successful conclusion of 20th state conference of the CPI (M). 25000 red volunteers also marched through the two major roads of the city and converged at E Balanandan Nagar (Chandrasekhran Nair Stadium) also displayed the discipline and indomitable strength of the Communist movement.

The Political - Organisational report presented by the state secretary was unanimously adopted by the conference. The conference unanimously elected 85s member new state committee. The new state committee re-elected Politburo member Pinarayi Vijayan as state secretary. Oppositon leader and Central Committee member V S Achuthanandan proposed Pinarayi’s name and state secretariat member T Shivadasa Menon seconded the proposal. 

The party proposed to launch a massive mass education programme as part of its campaign against social ills such as alcoholism, superstitions, and various evil practices.

Credential Committee Report

Opposition Leader V S Achuthanandan at 89 years and P K Chandranandan at 88 were the senior-most delegates and K Rafeeq, 24, from Wayand the youngest delegate at the 20 the state conference of the CPI(M)

Of the 556 delegates who represented 3,70,000 party members from across the state, 343 representatives had undergone rigorous imprisonment. V S Achuthanandan and M M Lawrence spent the most number of days in jail. Lawrence spent five years and ten months, while Achuthanandan was behind the bars for five years and six months. Party secretary Pinarayi Vijayan went to jail during the Emergency period and he spent 18 months in jail.
Out of the delegates, 53 were women. 

T V Anitha from Ernakulam and Rajeena, Malappuram, were the youngest. Some 246 of them are degree holders, and 122 of them passed intermediate, higher secondary or various diploma courses. While 457 are full-time party workers, 364 representatives became party members through student-youth movements.

 

New State Committee

There are 12 new faces on the reconstituted CPI(M) State committee, which has 10 women members. The members of the State committee are Comrades V.S. Achuthanandan, Pinarayi Vijayan, Kodiyeri Balakrishnan, Paloli Mohammed Kutty, A. Vijayaraghavan, M.A. Baby, P. Karunakaran, Vaikom Viswan, P.K. Gurudasan, P.K. Sreemathy, E.P. Jayarajan, T.M. Thomas Isaac, M.C. Josephine, T. Sivadasa Menon, V.V. Dakshinamoorthy, A.K. Balan, M.V. Govindan, Anathalavattom Anandan, K. Kunhiraman, A.K. Narayanan, K.P. Satheesh Chandran, P. Jayarajan, M.V. Jayarajan, K.P. Sahadevan, K.K. Ragesh, K.K. Shylaja Teacher, P.A. Mohammed, C.K. Saseendran, Elamaram Kareem, N.K. Radha, T.P. Ramakrishnan, P. Sathi Devi, K. Ummer Master, P.K. Sainaba, T.K. Hamsa, P. Sreeramakrishnan, M. Chandran, P. Unni, C.T. Krishnan, Baby John, K. Radhakrishnan, K. Chandran Pillai, C.M. Dinesh Mani, K.N. Ravindranath, S. Sharma, K.M. Sudhakaran, M.M. Lawrence, P. Rajiv. M.M. Mony, K.K. Jayachandran, K.J. Thomas, V.R. Bhaskaran, K. Ananthagopan, R. Unnikrishna Pillai, P.K. Chandranandan, G. Sudhakaran, C.K. Sadasivan, C.S. Sujatha, M.K. Bhaskaran, K. Rajagopal, P. Rajendran, J. Mercykutty Amma, K.N. Balagopal, B. Raghavan, K. Varadarajan, S. Rajendran, M. Vijayakumar, Pirappancode Murali, Anavur Nagappan, Kadakampally Surendran, T.N. Seema, C.P. Narayanan, T.V. Rajesh, James Mathew, A. Pradeep Kumar, P.P. Vasudevan, C.K. Rajendran, A.C. Moideen, N.R. Balan, C.N. Mohanan, K.P. Mary, P.K. Biju, C.B. Chandrababu, and Koliyakkode Krishnan Nair.

Capital City Turned into Red Sea

The main thoroughfares of the State capital were draped in red for hours as a parade of 25,000 red volunteers and five different rallies by around 3 lakhs of of Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)] activists and sympathisers weaved their way through the length and breadth of the city to mark the conclusion of the 20th CPI(M) State conference  on Friday.

Although the city received summer showers twice during the day, the rain did not play spoilsport. Shortly after 3 p.m., the parade by the red volunteers began from the Manaveeyam Veedhi and Manjalikulam followed by rallies from Chakka; Swati Tirunal Music College, Thycaud; Vellayambalam; Overbridge; and Kuravankonam under an overcast sky.

The march through the main roads to the Chandrasekharan Nair Stadium, named for the event after the late trade union leader and CPIM P B member Comrade E. Balanandan, turned into a show of strength. It took almost three hours for the red volunteers hailing from the district trivandrum district alone to march to the venue. Around 6.15 p.m., CPI(M) general secretary Prakash Karat and State secretary Pinarayi Vijayan received the Guard of Honour from the Red volunteers parade by moving in an open jeep.

Women constituted a sizeable proportion of the huge turnout in the rally, which assembled area committee wise and marched through one side of the road. It was decided by the organizing committee to make participation of 1 lakh women, but the actual number was beyond expectations.  Band troupes, ‘panchavadyam,' ‘chenda,' Theyyam, Thira, and folk art performers lent a festive touch to the rally. Besides women bearing decorated umbrellas and portraits of CPI(M) stalwarts, Bhangra dance and panchavadyam presented by an all-women troupe were the cynosure of all eyes.

Right from the morning, the arterial M.G. Road seemed to have donned a red cloak, as activists wielding red flags started making their way to the starting points of the rallies in small groups on foot and in vehicles. Many wore red and white caps emblazoned with the party's symbol.

Addressing the huge rally, Prakash Karat said that Left front is the lone force which oppose the anti people measures and corruption in the country. People of India find the Left as the only way out to oppose these evils. CPI (M) will take initiative to form the alternative with the help of secular and democratic forces.

Three year of UPA has increased the price rise and joblessness. Anti people neo liberal measures have led thousands of farmers to suicide. In Andhrapradesh 160 farmers have committed suicide in the month of January. In Kerala, farmers’ suicide returned and 31 farmers committed suicide after Oommen Chandy came in to power. In west Bengal 31 farmers have committed suicide after im Mamta regim. For the last 34 years it this phenomenon was unheard of.

Politburo members Brinda Karat, Kodiyeri Balakrishnan, state secretary Pinarayi Vijayan, Opposition leader V S Achuthanandan also spoke in the function. Organising committee general convenor Kadakampalli Surendran welcomed the crowd.