The Communist Party of India (Marxist) State conference in Ernakulam, in the runup to the 23rd Party Congress in Kannur in early April, is set to get under way on Tuesday.
It’s after a gap of 37 years that Ernakulam is hosting the party’s State conference. If the 1985-conference was eventful with an alternative political line for an alliance with the Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) subsequently leading to the ouster of M.V. Raghavan and a few others from the CPI(M), the party is a house in order going into the State meeting now.
The meeting, to be attended by 400 delegates besides observers, is slated to discuss and firm up a vision document for the development of the State.