Kullu: CPM passes 8 resolutions

Our Correspondent

Kullu, September 26

The 17th state-level conference of Communist Party Marxist (CPM) was organised at the Mahadevi Teerath in Ramshilla, 4 km from here, today. A strategy was prepared for the next three years. It was decided that the boycott of the Central Government’s new education policy and labour laws would continue. Onkar Shad was elected state secretary and a seven-member state secretary board and 30-member state committee was also formed.

Eight resolutions were passed in the conference in which it was decided to oppose changes in labour laws and new education policy, protest against unemployment, privatisation and monetisation, and raise voice on issues of women, problems and demands of Dalits, issues of agriculture, horticulture, and animal husbandry. Resolutions were also passed to implement the Land Acquisition Act, 2013, and demand 4-fold compensation for the affected persons.

Theog MLA Rakesh Singha, a member of the state secretary’s board, said the manner in which the government had started selling the country to private players would shatter the economy and benefit only a few.

He said the rights of workers had been attacked by changes in the labour laws and those in agricultural laws were brought to grab the land of farmers. The public was suffering from inflation and unemployment. At this time, the party needed to stand firmly with the people. He called upon the party members to go among the people and mobilise support.