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June 24, 2007 
CPI-M to Hold National Conference
of Party Workers

New Delhi
The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) will organise a national-level conference of its party workers, party sources said on the first day of the CPI-M central committee meeting that began here Sunday.

The committee will finalise the date and venue of the proposed conference, the sources said.

It is to decide important matters, including the fate of two prominent Kerala leaders - Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan and state secretary Pinarayi Vijayan - who were suspended from the politburo last month.

Both Achuthanandan and Vijayan are expected to arrive here Monday, said party sources.

The decision to suspend Achuthanandan and Vijayan was taken on May 26 in a desperate bid to rein in the two top Kerala leaders who had openly denounced each other, embarrassing the party that prides itself on its discipline.

The central committee's decision will be significant for both Achuthanandan and Vijayan as it could lead to a change of guard in the state. Both were asked to continue in their respective posts despite the suspension.

The three-day meeting is also expected to discuss the presidential poll, vice presidential election and other political matters.

Sources in the Left parties have indicated that the CPI-M is keen on the post of the vice president, who will also be the chairman of the Rajya Sabha.

According to CPI-M sources, the party wants Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee to be nominated as the vice presidential candidate of the ruling United Progressive Alliance (UPA).

IANS | June 24, 2007  

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