C.P John re-elected as general secretary of Communist Marxist Party
The Hindu
C.P John re-elected as general secretary of CMP; party congress urges release of welfare pensions and support for co-operative sector.
C. P John was re-elected as general secretary of the Communist Marxist Party (CMP) at the conclusion of the 11th party congress here.
The newly-elected secretaries are C.A Ajeer, C. N Vijayakrishnan, Krishnan Kottumala, M. P Saju, and K. Suresh Babu. Vikas Chakrapani, C. K Radhakrishnan, K. A Kurian, A. Nisar, Kanchana Macheri are the new assistant secretaries. V. K Raveendran is the chairman of the control commission. The members of the body are B. S Swathikumar, P. R.N Nambeesan, and A. Rajeev, according to a communication.
The party congress asked the Kerala government to release the long-pending welfare pensions for the workers immediately. The authorities must speed up the disbursal of pension in view of the plight of the beneficiaries. The Centre should correct its wrong approach towards the State’s co-operative sector, it said.
Days after Minister for Railways Ashwini Vaishnaw’s remarks on the fate of the Madurai-Thoothukudi new line project triggered a political row, the Union Railway Ministry on Wednesday (January 15, 2025) clarified that the project has not been shelved and there are no issues pertaining to land acquisition for the same.