CPI(M) outlines expansion strategy under new leadership; to engage 10 lakh members, highlight past reforms
Within a month, the party aims to engage all 10 lakh members through a series of meetings at both the state and district levels, and to implement key decisions taken at its recent Party Congress. Additionally, the CPM plans to actively highlight and remind the public of the reforms it introduced in the states where it governed for years.
Meetings have already taken place in two states—Punjab and Kerala.
'We will have our task identified soon. We have prepared the note, which has been sent to the states, outlining how the key decisions of the Party Congress are to be communicated within the party. The message will reach the entire organisation by mid-June,' said newly-elected CPM general secretary MA Baby.
'To expand, we have to work with the poorest of the poor. They should feel that this red-flag party is theirs—and that through no other party can they hope to make progress in life.'
As part of broader efforts to sustain political momentum, Baby stressed the need to consolidate the party's existing base. 'We should ensure that whatever local influence we have, there should not be any further erosion.'
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