The delegate session started after Comrade Partho Ghosh, the outgoing State Secretary placed the draft document before the house. A seven member presidium was formed, with Comrade Abhijit Majumdar as the president. 97 delegates took part in the deliberation and various suggestions enriched the debate discussion. Comrade V Shankar (CCM) from Karnataka was the central observer, and veteran Politburo member Comrade Swadesh Bhattacharya also addressed this session. Comrade Taramani Rai, General Secretary, CPRM, and Comrade Jayant Gupta Bhaya of Marxbadi Manch were also present.
This conference was marked by a vibrant presence of the students, fighting peasants, workers, and all the delegates were of the opinion that the situation is full of new challenges and possibilities. The TMC-led Government is fast losing its credibility and the real character of this Government is gradually being exposed. The conference resolved to take up the challenges to expand and strengthen the Party.
After debate and discussion, the final draft was accepted unanimously and 39-member new State Committee was elected, in which 10 new members were elected. Comrade Partha Ghosh was reelected as the State Secretary. The conference resolved to protest against the rape incident which took place in the heart of Kolkata and expose the role of the CM who denied this shameful incident on the pretext of a conspiracy against her Govt. The conference also resolved to make success the all India General Strike on 28 February all over the state.
Comrade DP Buxi, Politburo member of the party, and Comrade Arindam Sen, Central Committee member, were also present.
Condemn Political Murder in West Bengal
The CPI(ML) condemns the killing of two CPI(M) leaders in Bardhaman, West Bengal, in an attack by TMC goons on a procession in support of the February 28 Strike called by Central Trade Unions, as nothing but cold-blooded political murder. The TMC has unleashed a reign of political violence and terror that must be condemned in the strongest terms and resisted.
Panchayat Polls in Odisha
In the recent panchayat elections in Odisha, corporate houses, which are plundering the state’s precious resources with the collusion of the Government, came to bail out the Naveen Patnaik Government, which was facing problems in the wake of outcry against corporate plunder and atrocities, of which the Pipili gang rape was the most recent instance. To top it all, the liquor tragedy, with its death toll reaching 38 till date, too took place. However, Naveen Patnaik’s face-saving measures, combined with the money power backing of corporate houses, aided by the lack of credibility of Congress and BJP, managed to secure a majority of the zila parishad seats.