THE CPI (ML) in Kerala conducted a state level cadre meeting at Shikshak Sadan, Ernakulam on Nov 6 . The meeting was inaugurated by Com. Dipankar Bhattacharya. Whereas party members and leading Comrades from all over Kerala together with comrades from Kanyakumari of Tamilnadu were the participants, V Shankar, Politburo Member, Clifton, State Secretary, Karnataka were also present. Comrade KKS Das, a prominent dalit intellectual and leading Comrade in Bhoo Samara Munnai – (Land Struggle Front) also attended this meet. The meeting was presided by John K Erumeli, Kerala Secretary and the welcome address was delivered by O P Kunjupillai. The participants discussed the party activities and prospects in their concerned areas of mass work.
Comrade Dipankar observed that the emerging canvas of class struggle in Kerala is changing and there is a need to find and reach out to those sections in the society which are increasingly being marginalized, including dalits, adivasis, and women who are being oppressed by the neoliberal and Brahmanical forces. There is a need to defend the communist legacy. Comrade Dipankar also called for concerted and creative efforts in the cultural realm addressing caste and gender which have been virtually left to the monopoly of RSS and they are dictating in that area, even in Kerala. Sabarimala is a case in point. He called for unity against the fascist forces.
The cadre meeting was followed by a public meeting on Marx’s bicentennial at Vanchi Square, High Court junction, Ernakulam. Com. Dipankar discussed the emerging issues in Indian polity and economy, their correlation with Marx’s understanding of Capitalism and thus the contemporary relevance of Marx. Comrades KKS Das, Hariharan (RMP-I), Anthony Muthu (SC Member, Tamilnadu), Sunny Ambatt also addressed the meeting. The public meeting was presided by John K Erumeli.
