COMMUNIST PARTY OF INDIA (MARXIST)
21st Congress
Samar Mukherjee Nagar
Visakhapatnam, April 14-19, 2015
April 15, 2015
Press Release
The delegate session of the 21st Congress of the CPI(M) began in the
afternoon of April 14. A seven member Presidium was elected to conduct the
Congress. It consisted of:
S. Ramachandran Pillai (Chairman), A.K Balan, M.A. Gafoor, Madan Ghosh,
Mariam Dhawale, Jitendra Chowdhury, Rakesh Singha.
The Congress elected the Polit Bureau as the Steering Committee. A
Resolutions Committee consisting of Brinda Karat (Chairperson), Thomas
Issac, Nilotpal Basu, K Hemalata, V.K. Ramachandran, and a Credentials
Committee consisting of Sudha Sundararaman (Convener) K.K. Shailaja,
Tikender Singh Panwar & Mridul De were also elected.
Draft Review Report
On the Political Tactical Line
Prakash Karat, General Secretary, presented the Draft Review Report on the
Political Tactical Line. The main features of the Review Report were
highlighted in his two hour presentation. The Review covers the period of
the past 25 years, from 1990-91 and the evolution of the successive
political-tactical lines in this period. The review focused on assessing
how the political-tactical line has helped the independent growth of a
Left and democratic alliance.
The report on the pre-Congress amendments was placed after this. The
report was processed all the amendments received from Party members and
Party units on the Draft Review Report. Altogether 1432 amendments and 136
suggestions were received. Out of these 29 amendments have been accepted.
April 15 morning Session
The discussion on the Draft Review Report began in the morning session. So
far 13 delegates have participated in the discussion. They are: P Rajeev
(Kerala), Amal Halder (West Bengal), Bhanulal Saha (Tripura), Kanakaraj
(Tamilnadu), Ananta Deka (Assam), Dulichand (Rajasthan), Tikender Singh
Panwar (Himachal Pradesh), V.V Dakshinamurthy (Kerala), Surender Singh
(Haryana), K.G Das (Andaman & Nicobar), Mahendra Singh (Maharashtra), S
Venkat Rao (Andhra Pradesh), Nityananda Swamy (Karnataka) & Vijay Misra
(Punjab).
Resolutions
The Congress adopted two resolutions – "Against the Land Grab Bill" and
"On the Occasion of 125th Birth Anniversary of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar -- For a
Special Session of Parliament".
(Hari Singh Kang)
For Central Committee Office
21st Congress
Samar Mukherjee Nagar
Visakhapatnam, April 14-19, 2015
April 15, 2015
Press Release
The delegate session of the 21st Congress of the CPI(M) began in the
afternoon of April 14. A seven member Presidium was elected to conduct the
Congress. It consisted of:
S. Ramachandran Pillai (Chairman), A.K Balan, M.A. Gafoor, Madan Ghosh,
Mariam Dhawale, Jitendra Chowdhury, Rakesh Singha.
The Congress elected the Polit Bureau as the Steering Committee. A
Resolutions Committee consisting of Brinda Karat (Chairperson), Thomas
Issac, Nilotpal Basu, K Hemalata, V.K. Ramachandran, and a Credentials
Committee consisting of Sudha Sundararaman (Convener) K.K. Shailaja,
Tikender Singh Panwar & Mridul De were also elected.
Draft Review Report
On the Political Tactical Line
Prakash Karat, General Secretary, presented the Draft Review Report on the
Political Tactical Line. The main features of the Review Report were
highlighted in his two hour presentation. The Review covers the period of
the past 25 years, from 1990-91 and the evolution of the successive
political-tactical lines in this period. The review focused on assessing
how the political-tactical line has helped the independent growth of a
Left and democratic alliance.
The report on the pre-Congress amendments was placed after this. The
report was processed all the amendments received from Party members and
Party units on the Draft Review Report. Altogether 1432 amendments and 136
suggestions were received. Out of these 29 amendments have been accepted.
April 15 morning Session
The discussion on the Draft Review Report began in the morning session. So
far 13 delegates have participated in the discussion. They are: P Rajeev
(Kerala), Amal Halder (West Bengal), Bhanulal Saha (Tripura), Kanakaraj
(Tamilnadu), Ananta Deka (Assam), Dulichand (Rajasthan), Tikender Singh
Panwar (Himachal Pradesh), V.V Dakshinamurthy (Kerala), Surender Singh
(Haryana), K.G Das (Andaman & Nicobar), Mahendra Singh (Maharashtra), S
Venkat Rao (Andhra Pradesh), Nityananda Swamy (Karnataka) & Vijay Misra
(Punjab).
Resolutions
The Congress adopted two resolutions – "Against the Land Grab Bill" and
"On the Occasion of 125th Birth Anniversary of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar -- For a
Special Session of Parliament".
(Hari Singh Kang)
For Central Committee Office