Sitaram Yechury to open CPI(M) State conference in Kochi on March 1

The State conference of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)] ahead of the 23 ^rd Party Congress in Kannur will be inaugurated by general secretary Sitaram Yechury at Marine Drive here on March 1.

Around 450 delegates and observers will take part in the conference in which the political organisational report will be presented by party State secretary Kodiyeri Balakrishnan. A public meeting on March 4 will be inaugurated by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, Polit Bureau (PB) member. PB members S. Ramachandran Pillai, Brinda Karat, M.A. Baby, and G. Ramakrishnan will address the meeting, P. Rajeeve, Minister and chairman of the reception committee, told the media here on Saturday.

An artist giving finishing touches to sculptures of historical figures as part of an art history exhibition featuring major events in the history of Communism, at the venue of the CPI(M) State conference in Kochi. (Source: THULASI KAKKAT)