Wednesday, December 28, 2011

CPIM Jammu Regional Conference



The 7th Regional Conference of CPI(M) J&K unit held at Miran Sahab, Jammu on Monday 27th December, elected a new Regional Committee and the secretary, after day long deliberations and voting. While 12 out of 15 members of the committee were elected directly by 150 delegates coming from all over the region, three members would be elected by the committee itself. Sham Prasad Kesar was unanimously elected as the regional secretary for the second term.

 
Com. Sham Prasad Kesar
Earlier Sham Prasad Kesar presented the secretary’s report which was discussed at length and adopted with a few amendments. It was pointed out that the problems of rice growers of Jammu region should be included in the report. Since the border area of Jammu produces world famous Basmati rice, the farmers have to be encouraged by suitable incentives. The report stressed on the unity of the state, devolution of powers and special attention to the areas here to neglected. The demand to open the Suchetgarh-Sialkote (Pakistan) road and launching of trade through this route found a prominent place in the report. Safeguarding of human rights and withdrawal of AFSPA and PSA was highlighted in the report with special reference to Kashmir Valley. Government was asked to fulfill its much publicized promise of zero tolerance towards human rights violations. Improvement of living conditions of the Kashmiri migrants and their safe return to the valley was also raised in the report. Handing over of NPHC Power Projects to the State and construction of new projects on Chenab and its tributaries was demanded for the growth of Industry and generation of employment. Full support was extended to the CITU in their ongoing struggle against exploitation of employees, especially Anganwadi Workers, ASHAs, Midday Meal Workers, ReTs, Daily Wagers and Casual Labourers.

 
The conference adopted six resolutions regarding addressing of specific problems of farmers, revision of new pension scheme, revival of public sector undertakings, eradication of corruption, control of rising prices and safeguarding of trade union rights. The regional Conference elected 31 delegates for the forthcoming state Conference of the party.
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CPIM 20th Party Congress Reception Committee office inaugurated


Communist Party of India (Marxist) Polit Bureau member S. Ramachandran Pillai inaugurated the reception committee office for the upcoming party congress on the Bank Road here on Tuesday.

On the occasion, he said that the party congress scheduled to be held in the city from April 4 to 9 would be a significant one discussing contemporary global and national issues. The deliberations would be held at the ideological level. He said he could not disclose the details of the draft of ideological and political resolutions at this stage. The Central Committee (CC) had once discussed the draft of the ideological resolution. Now final touches were being made. The CC would meet again in Kolkata next month in this regard.
The ideological and political resolutions would be published by January 23 to be discussed at all levels of the party. Even the detractors of the party could freely discuss these things. Further, the draft would be deliberated at the party congress.

Only at important junctures ideological resolutions are discussed. The 14th Party Congress had then discussed the collapse of Communism in the Soviet Union and socialism in East European countries in 1992, Mr. Pillai said. He said that the collapse of the Soviet Union had given critics to vehemently come out against communism and socialism. Even today such tendencies persisted after capitalistic-driven economies failed to deliver.

The collapse of insurance companies and banking sector, rise in unemployment and poverty and the yawning gap between the haves and the have-nots revealed that capitalism had failed. However, capitalistic countries continued to unleash their powers on smaller nations, he said.

Now the ongoing protests witnessed in Wall Street had spread to other cities in the United States. The protest of people had brought in a new political dimension in many Latin American countries. Progressive democratic communist governments began to replace corrupt capitalistic regimes. In India, he said, the Left parties had once tied up with regional parties for a third alternative to the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party. However, these regional parties took an opportunistic stand derailing the concept of a third alternative.

The support given by the Left parties to the Congress-led UPA government at the Centre from 2004 to 2008 had given a wider acceptance to the Congress. It also bolstered the secular image of the Congress among the minorities, he said.

CPIM State Committee member and Reception Committee Treasurer Com. Elamaram Kareem Presided over the Function. State Committee members M K Kelappan, famous novelist P Valsala, Kozhikode mayor Com. M K Premajam participated in the inaugural ceremony. Reception committee secretary Com. T P Ramakrishnan welcomed the audience. 
(Courtesy The hindu)