Tuesday, May 21, 2013

CPIM Picketing of Government Offices in Kerala Begins

The Communist Party of India (Marxist) activists  laid siege to the taluk offices in all the districts in Kerala as part of a five day national-level agitation organised by the party against the policies of the State and Central governments.The siege will continue till from 20th may to the 26th May. 

CPI(M) State secretary Pinarayi Vijayan has alleged that the Kerala Police Association has turned into a feeder organisation of the Congress party, thanks to two years of the United Democratic Front (UDF) government.

Speaking after inaugurating the week-long siege of taluk offices in front of Kanayannur taluk office in Eranakulam District  on Monday, Mr. Vijayan said the Kerala police had lost its reputation of being the top force in the country due to its politicisation.

The police association has been the biggest casualty of the two years of UDF rule as reflected in its failure to maintain law and order. The police was not taking appropriate action in cases of atrocities against women and children.

The present situation would lead to the force being deprived of its organisational freedom. A conspiracy has been hatched towards that end by those leading the association at the instance of the Congress party. Mr. Vijayan said the CPI(M) would defeat the government’s efforts to facilitate the entry of multi-national companies into drinking water distribution in the State. It was the previous Left Democratic Front government which had cleared the liabilities of the Kerala Water Authority and made it self-reliant. Any effort to undo that would not be allowed, he said.

DYFI Kerala State conference to begin today



The 12th State conference of the Democratic Youth Federation of India Kerala unit will be held at Alappuzha from Tuesday to Thursday. 

Reception committee chairman G. Sudhakaran, MLA, hoisted the conference flag at the Town Hall  on Monday to mark the start of proceedings of the conference.. The flag was brought to the town in procession from Karimulackal G. Bhuvaneswaran Martyr Memorial at Charummoodu in the district. The flag was brought from Koothuparamba Martyrs Memorial at Kannur.

O.N.V. Kurup, Jnanpith laureate, will inaugurate the conference. A total of 683 delegates from the 14 districts will participate in the conference. DYFI State president M. Swaraj will preside over the inaugural function. State secretary T.V. Rajesh, MLA, will present the report.

DYFI president M.B. Rajesh, MP, and general secretary Abhoy Mukherjee will participate.
A seminar on “Relevance of Left movements in 21st century” will be held from 4 p.m. on Tuesday. Pinarayi Vijayan, State secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist)  will inaugurate the seminar. P.K. Chandranandan, veteran Communist leader and leader of the Punnapra struggle, will preside over the seminar. CPI State secretary Pannian Ravindran, the Revolutionary Socialist Party leader N.K. Premachandran, the Janata Dal(S) leader Mathew T. Thomas and the CPI(M) district secretary C.B. Chandrababu will participate.

The delegate meeting will continue on Wednesday, where young talent from various fields will be honoured. CPI(M) Polit Bureau member M.A. Baby will inaugurate the meeting to honour talent. Mr. Sudhakaran will preside over the function.

One lakh youths will take out a rally to mark the conclusion of the conference on Thursday. Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar will inaugurate the valedictory meeting. The CPI(M) leaders Kodiyeri Balakrishnan and T.M. Thomas Isaac, MLAs, will speak.

The venues of the conference are EMS Stadium, Municipal Town Hall and Town Square.