PARTY LETTER NO. 2, COMMUNIST PARTY OF INDIA

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'this MENDED PLENUM OF THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE
They xtended .Plenum of the Central Committee was held in. Calcutta from 3Q
December1952_ to. 10Jeamerw- 1953. It was attended by members of the Central
Committee, members of the Central Control Commi ssion and 61 delegates from the
PrOvinaes.
This was the first al:I-India gathering of the Central leadership together with
representatives ofthe Provincial Committees since the All-India Party Conference
held. in 00toher 1951., That Conference was the first positive step towards taking
the Party out of the serious inner-Party crisis in -which it found itself ante
1950. Though e. big step towards unificationt that Conference had left unresolved
several points of 0Ontreveray which, it was felt at that time, could. be solved
only on the. basis Of aegaring a certain amount of experience in practical daY-
to-day activity.
The Plenum vas meeting fourteen, months after the All-India Party Conference.
In this Period. the Communist Party had won a leading position in the political
life of the z ountry and.had-oome to be considered. by the masses as the spearhead
Of the aenoeratic opposition to. the Congress. The influence of the Party had
grown steadily among-all eettion of people and in all areas. The Party was now
confronted with tasks and responsibilities bigger than what it had ever faced in
its entire histOry.
These tasks had to be carried, out and these responsibilities had to be discharged
at a time when mass opposition to the Government and, to the reactionary vested
interests had reached greater heights than at nAY Period since 1947p at a time
when the economic crisis 11,tad deepene& and famine and. mass unemployment were
spreading all over the country, at al. time when against the machinatiOns of the
imperialist warmongers who were striving to spread the flames of war, the pec ples
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of the world were holding the mightiest rally for Peace at the historic COn-
ference in Vienna.
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Some of the developments that had. taken place in the national arena since the
Ail-India Party Conference were as follows:
The entire Party went into the election campaign immediately atter the Con-
ference. Not only PartMembers but tens of thousands of supporters and
sYmPathisers plunged into the election campaign, popularizing the achieve-
ments of the Party and its present slogans., rallying millions of people,
The successes of the Party in the elections Showed how profoundly mistaken
they had been who had seen only frustration and demoralization among the
. people and who had thought that the Party had been isolated from the masses.
2.; The manner in which the. Congress maneuvered itself into office in the states
of Travancore Cocivn and Madras as well as the skillful tactics by which it
sought to confuse the masses and divide their ranks showed that there was
no ground whatsoever for the facile assumption that the Congress was finished.
It had still immense influence, immense maneuvering capacity. Advance could
be made only by resolute exposure of the Congress) resolute struggle against
its policies and methods, resolute building of popular unity in action.
3. In order to maintain itself in power the Congress was counting not only on
its own influence and its own maneuvers) but also on the disruptive tactics
of the Praja Socialtst Party. Further, the Congress was being objectively
helped by the tactics of a number of other parties, who, after the elections,
adopted a pronouncedly anti-Communist stand, thereby harming the democratic
movement. Some of these parties even went to the length of lining up with
notorious Communalists for voicing the demogogic demand of "sanctions against
Pakistan," in an effort to gather support for themselves.
44 Despite all this, however, the very deepening of the economic crisis and the
policies .of the Government that accentuated the crisis and threw increasing
burdens on the people in order to help the lAndlords and monOpolists, were
rallying increasing sections of people against the Government and the
reactionary vested interests. Never since August 1947 had there taken place
so many mass actions, never was the urge for fight and for unity expressed
in SO many struggles, never was mass unity forged so spontaneously, wherever
effective lead 'OW was forthcoming.
A characteristic feature of the struggles had been that new strata of people
and new areas had gone into action. Even when the Plenum was meeting, three
significant struggles were going on:ithe all-in struggle of the people Of
Saurashtra against the Sale Tax. measures, the strike of teachers in the
Punjab, the strike of policemen at Madras. No reason existed to think, as -
some PeOPle tholightl that after the elections the mass movement tad received
a setback* that reaction had seized the initiative.
G. The agrarian crisis had deepened as never before. The purchasing power of
peasants had f11 en catastrophically. Famine conditions were spreading from
One province to another. And on the industrial sector, not only the small
industries had been rained. but even big industries were now affected, Mass
unemployment Imclbe,come a common phenomenOn. This was the result of the
Government policy of trade dependence on Britain and Amerioai Of inflation
which enrich-al the rich and. robbed the poor, ot refusal to lighten the
burden on the peasantry..
7; Instead of reversing the policies that had led to these disastrous results,
? the .Government was continuing these same policies. It was moving towards
closer collaboration with imperialist Powers -now with Britain, now with
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America increasing its dependence on them as revealed in the agreements
with the Avericen imperialists and in the decisions of the Commonwealth
Confereece. It was imposing fresh burdens on the people. Its Five leer
Plan was not a leen of national reconstruction but a Plan which would mire
tain Indies semi -colonial .economy intact y intensify the agrarian and
industrial crisis and ieepese ctaloseal burdens on all sections of people
inalading, industrialists and merchants, middle-classes and artisans. It
was the monopolietse way out of the crisis, a Plan of throwing the vonee-
quences of the trieis on, the shoulders of the common people.
A,11 these were inteeeifying and would intensify still further the emaflict
between.the,narrOw clique of landlords and monopolists on the one hand and
the mass of peoe0e On the Other. It was also leading to sharp conflicts
inside the Government circle itself. Possibilities were growing, therefore,
a forging the broadest United Front.
In face of the attack of the Government and theJ vested interests, in face
Of the growing danger to Indies sovereignty, the masses were building nelty
inaction - agairet the food_ policies of the Government and for famine relief,
foRrlInst unemployment, eeeinet rising school and college fees, against evictions.,
for linguistic provinces, ete. Organizations of workers, peasants, students
were reviving in all parts of the country.
10 COnfronted with popular enity and due to its weakening base, the Government
had On many occarlione been compelled to make concessions and beat retreat
before the people, The latest example was the declaration about Andhra
Province ,? It was eeserioup mistake on the part of the Party not to fuller
publicize the victories Iron and use them for enthusing the =sees, for
instilling confidence in them, for demonstrating concretely that popular
unity and popular struggle can hurl back the attack of the veeted interests
and the Goveratile#4
11. Despite the big advance eeee in the post-election period it was also obvious
that on the whole the mass _movement had still remained weak and was charac-
terized by great unevenness. Most of the struggles still remained on the
seetional pla.ue although Possibilities are greater than at any time before
of mobilizing ell sections of people for support to each action. A real
national npeurge for full freedom and democracy has yet to be developed.
This has not yet happened, above all, because the working *lase has not
vet been nnitede has not. yet been made conscious of its leading role and
because the Petty still remains weak, its effective strength is still con-
fined to relatively seen areas even in the States where it is a major force.
12. The developments in indiA were taking plaee as an integral part of the
deeelOpmente in the international arena whose features have been described
with masterly precision and lucidity by COmrade Stalin in his latest work
and elaborated In the reports of the historic Congressof Malenkae, the
task of fighting against the warmongers and of preserving Peace is the
key task before the entire progressive humanity,- a task which is inseparably
linked with the fight for defense and extension, of national feeedam.
It was under these eonditiove that the Plenum VES convened.
PreserVetion of Peace
The Plenum held that the task of fighting for Peace is the key task before the
Communist Party of India no less than the Commenist Parties of other countties.
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It was wrong to think that because of the growing crisis in the capitalist
world and because of the growing conflict between imperialist Powers, the danger
of a world wart the danger of a counter-revolutionary war by imperialist States
Against the USSR and Peoples # Democratic States has receded. The fact is, as
made clear in Comrade Malenkovfs report, that the danger of world war continues
and must be fought.
It is also wrong to state as. was stated in the Crossroads version. of the article
"Stalin Illumines the Path" by Com. Ajoy Ghosh that even with imperialismiremaining
Strong, world war is "fully preventible." The term "fully preventible" can only
mean that there can be.a.guarantee against such war even if imperialism remains.
Such 4 formulation would lead to minimization of the danger of war and, therefore,
minimization of the importance of the struggle for peace,
In order to play its due role in the struggle for peace, in order to become a
bulwark Of Peace and freedom,. =St free herself. And freedom means freedom
from the shackles of British rule. A dependent and backward India, and. an India
which is linked with the British Empire, can get easily dragged into war. It
els() 'becomes an. arena of Anglo-American rivalrysboth of whom want to keep India
backward and. dependent. Renee it is necessary to intensify the struggle for
severance of links with the Commonwealth and for confiscation of British capital.
These must no longer remain abstract and general slogans but must be vigorously
popularized aua crenetized in each area in relation to specific industries.
'Quit CommonWealth' must be mr04 a key slogan in political demonstrations. Also
Aore Orposition must be roused against participation in Commonwealth Conferences,
the forthcoming coronation, ruination of Indies industries by British imports,
etc. All this helps the cause of peace.
At the same time-it is wrong to think that by doing this alone, we make our
cOntributionto the cause of world Peace. Such an understanding amounts to
repudiatiOn of the Peace movement itself. Quit Commonwealth cannot be the
key slogan of the Peace movement in India. The key slogans of the Peace move-
ment are Five Power Peace Pact, cessation of war in Korea, etc. We have also
to take up such specific questions as recruitment of Gurkha troops on Indian
soil, transit realities to them and use of Indian aerodromes and port by French
imperialists for 1W5J. in Viet Nam.
It roast not be. forgotten that the main instigator and organizer of world war is
AmericanimPeriRlism, that this imperialism is not only threatening war against
the Soviet Union and deMocratic States, not only enslaving one country after
another but is also penetrating into our own country, striving to convert India
into a war base and threatening Our national sovereignty. Aence the struggle
for Peacellas well as the struggle for defense of national sovereignty demands
vigorous aapOsure of and determined opposition to American penetration into our
countryo This struggle has to be waged here and now, not after we have liqui,
dated British rule.
In recent months the Peace movement has made big advances and has secured. the
support of people from. many walks of life. It should. be noted, however, that
Party units and, flees organizations late done very little in the struggle for
Peace. They have not gone into action even on such issues as germ war in
Korea, massacre Of war prisoners. This is the key reason why the Peace move..
ment has remained, weak. This mast be remedied immediately.
IndoievindintlichineFrielAR
Inseparably connected with the tasks of preserving:world. Peace ia the task Of
ceaselessly working for the forging of fraternal relations, and close contact
between the Indian people on the One hand and the peoples of the Soviet.Vnion,
China and Other Socialist and. Peoples Democratic States am the other. Fort.
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one of the th instr'ierits of the warmongers in their aggressive designs of
wing the Indian people into the aggressive bloc is to spread lies and slanders
these ...Socialist and. Peoples' Democratic States.. It is" therefore"- the
the Communist Party and. other democratic parties in India to -consciously
organize a bread movement for popuipirizing the achievement of the Socialist
and Peoples Demonratic ,as well as their peaceful intentions Further strengthen,.
? lag of the Indo-Zoviet Cultural Association) India-China Friendship Association,
ettA."; through. the, faritatiari of the units Of these orearizations in factorieS,
villages), towns"; etc.), let thereforet of urgent importanee.,
For oodd F Reief
is todayfaced with au acute crisis of the production and distribution of
od. Chronic famine has seized vast areas of the land, tens of thousands Of
people. zt,re, urable to purchase, rations even at the Very low (part= that is
offered in ration, shops.. It ley. therefore*, the task of the Communiat Party to-
gether. with other .democratic parties and elements to organize a broad movement
for the securing of an alieClUp.te guanti ty of food grains at prices that are with-
in the reach of the coranon people; the Party should c one out with the demand
that the Government should make proper arrangements to see that food grains are
Applied to all sections or the people at rates that are within their reach;
In the .case of those -areas ,and regions where famine has reached menacing pro-
port4ons* the. Government should be asked to give free ration to the people, It
shoad be borne in Irrtrd that the struggle against famine* the struggle for ade-
quate food at fair prices has become a struggle of ..8.11*nations importance?.
1.1x ertge cg for PeasantryAs .
part and parcel of the struggle for food end against famine), struggles should.
alsO. be launched for urgent relief to the peasantry from the exorbitant burdens
that have been imposed. on them by way of rent, interest)and taxes. For at the
root Of the present Crisis in food production lies the fact that the overwhelming
majority of peasants are -so rackventerd*: so overburdened with debts and taxes
that they cannot afford to carry on profitable cultivation. It is to cover up
this crucial factor in the agrarian situation that the Congress is irldult343-?
in the demoWie talks of "Abolition of landlordism" and gigantic plans of
increasing agricultwal production, The only effective answer to this demo-
ogdo. talk indulged In by the Congress is to mobilize the entire peasantry fot'
stoppage or eviotions*.drastio reduction in rent* reduction in the interest and
tax burdens and other forms or- urgent relief for the peasantry,
411-t.ans
The Party should also launch a mess campaign against the growing unemployment
and against the efforts of the employers to transfer the burdens or the crisis
n to the shoulders of the workers, For,. the intense crisis that has already
affected all the sooll and-medium induatries"and has started affecting the big
organized trulustries as wellis as menacing a factor in the country's present
economic situation as. the. crisis in agriculture and rood production, While it
is a crisis affecting the industries as a whole and where* therefore*, the em,.
ployers are as =eh interested in solving the crisis as the emplOyees* the
employers are averse to adopt a policy of demanding those urgent steps which
alone will save the industry" their effort on the other hand is to see that
their Own._ kin is somehow saved by resorting to a policy Of wage-cuts, increasing
workload and other forms of attacking the workers, The Party will, therefore*
have to Come out both as a. champiOn of the defense of the interests of the
employees as well as the fighter in the cause or protecting the national indus.
trtes. This it Can dc only if it combines the struggle against retrenchment*
wage*cati; increased vorklOs.d and other forms of attack on the Working Class
with a nation-wide campaign for the reversal Of the present policy of the
GOVernMent of helping the foreign imperialists and Indian =novelists and
ruining the medium and =all industrialists,. The entire Work:DV Class has to
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be mobilized .not mly in defense of its own specific interests, but also in
defense of the interests of the industry as a whole.
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sure of the GQVerIentB Five Year Plait
he struggle for food, famine reliefs avail.= reforms and. =employment is in-
separably connected with the task of exposing the Government's Five year Plan
as the Indian Monopolists f- way out of the crisis, a way of solving the crisis
at the expense of the workers, peasants, petty bourgeois, i.e,, traders, indua,..
trialistst etc, A. sharp struggle should be waged. against the idea sought to be
spread among the people that this plan will solve the food shortage and that it
will pave the way for the _further industrialization of the country people should
be made aware of the reality that, far from solving, the plan will intensify, the
food. crisis, _that, far from facilitating, the plan will put obstacles in the
way of industriloisation.
in oarr7ing on this eamPsier of exposing the Plan, care should, of course, be
taken to see that it does not become abstract or negative, such specific projects
as help the people in a particular area (like irrigation projects) should be
taken full advantage ofy 43411R-Ild Ft for the inclusion of such projects in the Plan
(as Xt4Mar Nandi Kombly &meg. Barrage etc,) should be supported, corruptionl
nepotism, etc., in the implementation of these projects should be exposed and
sought to be removed.
While doing all this, however, it should never be forgotten that the plea as a
whole is an Batt-people, Monopolists' plan and that mobilizing the people against
this plan is part and. parcel of the struggle for food, famine relief, agrarian
reform and employment.
A. vital question that is of great importance in the struggle for food and for
employment is the campaign for free and. equal relations with Pakistan. For,
the partition of India into the Tree Union and. Pakistan, the prolonged state
of tension between the two new States, the reduction in the mutual exchange of
Indian and Pakistani products to the mutual interests of the peoples of both
Of these States - these are some of the very important factors which have led
to the intensifies:U=0f the agricultural and industrial crisis of the two
Countries. These factors which lie behind the present shortage of food. grains
/and rev materials in India. are sought to be further intensified by the.slogan
of "Economic Sanctions against PakistEui" advocated, by reactionary cOmmunal
interests* A systematic campaign-against this slogan and. for the improvement
in the economic relations between the two States is, therefore, of the utmost
importance.
Pg23754?n1 lot al'illui.4!"14- ktft'e
The Government of Indies recent declaration regarding the formation of Andhra
State is one of the significant victories of the democratic movement during
the postaelection period. It shows the great possibilities that have been
opened out for the attAinpAyit or the long-cherished goal of the peoples of
various linguistic areas for the formation of their respective Linguistic
States. It has also encouraged the peoples of these and other areas to fur-
therstrengthen their movement for the formation of Linguistic States* The
Party should come out wholeheartedly in support of this demand and strive to
Mike it as irresistible as was the AndlusMovement.
PMer. :TABU
Apart from the above tasksT of international and national importance,.. the Party
has also to seriously take up such questions as the &mends Of the refugees,
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those of scheduled castes said other oppressed. m_inorities, etc. For, these are
the sections of the people which the reactionaries of all (including the Congress
and its Government) are st.riving to make use of, in their disruptive game of
dividing the democratic movement. Hence,. the Party together with other left
and democratic parties and elements should. take the initiative in winning these
sections of the people away from t reactionary communal leadership and. to draw
them into the democratie movement.
The Party should also tek,f, IT such questions as the defense of Civil Liberties*
not only shOuld the introduction of new repressive legislation be opposed, but
a broad cavaign should be built up for the withdrawal of the already existing
represei-ee legislations.
The Party should, furthermore* take full and effective part in all activities
of an ameliorative or social service character* For,. these are the activities
through which thousands of people who are PYITI OUS to serve the masses can be
drawn into the deny:tura-tic miavement, These are some of the most effective vehi.
eles through which a sense of self.'-oconfidence can be created in the common
people,
Reo, SU* enlar
None of the above tasks can* however, be fulfilled if the Party itself is not
properly orgenized.. The teeke of ideologiesaly tempering and. steeling every
single Party Member and sympa.thizer, the tasks of restoring and further strength-
ening of the sense of organizational unity and iron. discipline of the Party, is
the key task, Furthermore* it is a task which should be taken up as an indepen-
dent taskt not as a task which will come by iteelf. Indifference to this task
will cost the Party and. the Democratic Movement dear. Attention of comrades is
draW11 in this connection to the article "Some of Our Main WesorpFsses
It is necessary here to dispose of an argument wel1-1y ladvanced against the
',mediate taking up of this task. It is argued. in certain circles that this
task. cannot be undertaken at present because the Party is not yet completely
politicallyk The fact is that already sufficient basis for political
unification Of the Party has been availed in the documents of the Central
Committee and. in the policy articles which have appeared in the LED, New, Times,
Croppreade and. liel_LAga. The task is to carry forward this unification, Finn-re
to see this would mem that Dnipas and. until every minute detail- of day-to-day
tactics in worked -out to the satisfaction of every single party member*, Ina--
viausa, Party Members should be completely free to speak and. act as they like
the "Principle which has nothing to do with the Lenin-Stalin principle of
Party organization., For* as tell.'" n end Stelin have repeatedly made it clear),
the struggle for a correct irwol 1 tical and tactical line is itself to be carried
within the framework of a well-organized, disciplined Party organization.
This task of restoring and further strengthening the unity and. discipline of
the Party is inseparably connected with a systematic and principled inner-party
struggle, struggle afevirist wrong ideologies), incorrect tactics and. non-prOle-
tarian forms of organization and personal behavlOr. It should never be for-
gotten that real and lasting unity of the Party can. be brought about, real
proletarian discipline enforced' Only on the basis of systematic and principled.
inner-party struggle lp which* as Comrade Stalin has emphasized. again and again*
is the basic law of development of the Commost Party.
Extremely important in this connection is the need. for the coriscious development
of the process of criticism and self?ocritieism, particularly criticism from, below.
Meavy responsibility lies in this connection on the shoulders Of Party leadership
at all levels, above all a the Centre/ leadership of the Party, itc consciou4y
.,eriseelfijec systematic triticisM and. self-eriticism. Not only should the ranks
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be formally a11 owed. to express their opinions, not only should they be eneouraged
to freely and, fearlessly express their views, suggestions, complaints and criti-
anis,. the leadership should 1 so take careful note of every such view, suggestion?
Conalviirt end erittoidm made by the reuks and make use of them in iwoving the
lx11.1..ert, tactics and style of work of the leadership.
Dee .j.sAon,s_ioS the.?p:xten.d.p.!
Such in brief are the eonclusions arrived at by the extended Plenum. These will
be ther elaborated in the two documents which the PB is now preparing, the
Political ResOlution. and. Organizatiorel Resolution. These documents will naturally
be subjected to further discussion and. criticism in the forthcoming Conferences
of the Party organizations at all levels which are to be organized in preparation
for the Party Congrese, which tlip Plenum decided should. be held sometime in
September#October. In. the meanwhile, the following organizational decisions were
token by the Plenum is. order to resote (sic) Party forms, bring about planned.
and disciplined functioning at al 3 levels of the Party organizations and in order
to properly prepare for the Party Congress itself:
It decided that every District Committee should immediately undertake a
ecrutinization of ex-isting membership rolls. Those Party members who do not
carry out their obligations as laid down in the Party Constitution (like
regular payment of Party does, attendance at meeting of Party unity", accep-
tance and. implementation of the decisions of higher Commi-ttees as well as the
Majority in _one ts own 'unit, keeping of Party secrets, refraining from loose
talks or gossip about inner-Party matters outside one ts unit" writing in a
mass organization, fulfil lin&A-AgttasA submitting reports of work done to one
unit, etc.) sh.ou3d be given time to correct their mistakes and to start func-
tioning as disciplined Party members. Those who refuse or are for various
reasons unable to correct imeTneelves should after being given sufficient
Onttortuntties to do SO* be removed from the Membership lists. This serutini-
zation and. revision of Party membership lists should be completed in three
months, special care being 1-Aken to see that this process of scrat.inization
becomes an occa.sion to activise the overwhelndng majority if not the entire
membership of the Party.
Together with this scrutinization of existing membership should be launched.
a big drive for the enrollment ,of militants and. sympathizers" first as candi-
dates and. then. as Megthers. While it shoul4 be insisted that those who are
admitted as candidates or Party members should be such as can stand the
test of criteria for Party mem.bership laid down in the Party Constitution',
and while vigt1Pnee should_ be exercised that the Party is not swamped with
=reliable elPirrrts, a firm, struggle should be waged. against all sectarian
tendencies in the matter of admitting new members, Enrollment of militants
and sympathizers into the Communist Party will alone enable the Party to
transform the enormous po3itical influence which it has gained during he
recent months into a real striki,rg force. Special attention must be paid.
to the task Of enrolling workers and. toiling peasants into the Party and
edUenting them 6
One of the means through which existing and potential membership is to be
StItivised is the introduction of the system of taking, fulfilling and.
checking the fulfillment_ of quotas, member by member and unit by unit*
quotas regardirg enrollment of members in mass orpnizationst cAllection of
funds for the mass orivart7ations and the Party, sale of literature and
other forms of mass activity and of Party building should. be a regular tea-
ture.of Party work,
Leading Camnitt.ees of the Party at all levels, above all the CC and, pa as
well .as Provincial. Committees &avian put an end. to their present planless,
Chaotic methods Of funetiOring, Regular meetings of the CC 7 PB, Provincial
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Committees and. their Secretariats should be organized.: systemati discussion
of political an4 orgaazattarRl problemothrough which the collective leader-
ship of units is evolvet shvad be consciously developed: members of the CC
and 113 should devote their ,attention to the work of the Central Committee
and. Polit Bureau and .not remain sore provincial Mit so zhould members
Of the Provincial Committees and their Secretariats function as provincial
leaders and. not rPmtain just district leaders. Problems of masa organizations
t the Central and. Provincial. level should TIOt be tackled by one individual
member of Central or PrOldnala Committee: but should be tackaed. by the entire
M. or PG Secretariat together with the all...India or Provincial Fraction of
the 104138 organization 4oricerne44 At every meeting of the CC and PC, the PB
and PC Secretariat shouldeubmit a report of the work done* Such -a systema-
tic- functioning Of the leading Party PTO ts has now became a key iniportythee.
Regaviing the rights, of Party members,: firm, principles and rules halm been-
laid_ down and they are as followsz,
When taking disciplinary action against cOmrades, every unit must ensure
that rights or Party members are not infringed. upon.
When action is taken Nsainst a comrade by his own unit, the =wade
should be allowed to attend. the meeting where his conduct is discussed.
When action is taken by a agher unit: tte, comrade concemed should. be
given opportunity to explain his conduct before the Unit or its Secre-
tariat" either in writing or by personal appearance if he insists on
it. The camrade, however, cannot dexowa that he should be present
when his conduct is being discussed. and. deOiSiOn qn. it is being taken.
Party Commi-ttees are authorized to Taman comrades from positions
held by them in. ease of serious reports against them as precautionary
measure and. pending enquiry.
In case of published. writings by Party members when no reason exists
to doubt their authenticiV and authorship, if such writings barn the
cause of the Party and, the movement or go contrary to the Policy and
Prograan of the Party: Party Committees of a higher level are entitled
express their criticism and. disapproval either in inner-Party docu-
ments or in the open Press even without getting prior expltmation
from the comrade concerned. Where, however:, disciplinary action is
taken for pUblished writings, the comrade should be given Opportunity
to explain his conduCt6
to
f* While bringing about such a systematic and. disciplined functioning of the
Party at all levels,: preparations should. also be made for holding of the
Third Party Conwess, which will be hel4 at the end. of September or in
the beginning of October. The PR will prepare a Political Resolution and.
an Organizational. Resolution incorporating the main points which have
emerged out of the discussions that have been carried, on since the publi-
cation of the ITS Resolution of August loot, These two Resolutions will
form the basis of Lo;v1,1,., District and Provincial, Conferences, which will
be held, in the months OfMay =I .411,,me. The PO and. CC will study the reports
of these Conferences 8.13/1. Asko a political report a.rter the Pro ial
Conferences are over* They 1421 also try to prepare a Im'oad Bedew of the
development of the Pexty since 1.942. These documents will, form the poli-
basis of the Party Congress.
The twits or representation at the Party COrtgreSS 741.11 be one delegate for
every 200 members which a Province has On its rolls by April 30? provided.
that every Province vrill have a nd.rtimum. of three delegates*
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The Central. Committee has set up a Committee of three Commies,
Namboodiripadr flaxen Sen and Ramamurthi to study the proposals for
ameriding the COns.titution of the Party to be placed before the Party Con-
gress. All Party Units are to be requested to send. in their suggestions
to the Central Readquarters for the comideration of the Committee.,
Thus the Extended Plenum marks& a .definite phase in the evolution of a unified
unclerstsrding on the concrete political and tactical questions SS well as on.
the questions of organization.. The great merit in this effort at evolving a
unified understanding consists in the fact that it Was 4011setive effort ,of the
entire Party:, beginning from the PB and CC at the top and ending with the lowest
party unitspwhich actively participated in the discussions that preceded. it.
This Is perhaps the first time when serious efforts are being made to see that
Party Units at all levels pla,y their due role in the evolution of Party policy*
If the same efforts are made in the coming months when the entire Party will
engage itself in the further discussion on and. concretization of the points
emerging from this Plenum? the preparation for the Party Congress which are now
being made can well become the basis for an tuagrecedented development of the
Party's political and organizational work.
ItQW TC GET A? ?miry wip-cE,It
According to PE Not.. OU Party Letter published. in PL No. 6:Party Letter will be
published. regularly and. Ur a. a rule each No. will be priced 2 =MS*
Copies will be supplied to PCs and DCs. Individual l Party members and lower Units
will be supplied cokies only on the recommendation of PC or DC.
Copies are sent against advance or by VPP or3y and no discount is allowed on
Party Units are requested to send a,dvance and. thus save extra VP charges.
Copies PL To'. 6 and I are available.
Manager",
Party Letter:
Communist Party of India:
4. Keeling Road: New Delhi.
Bharat V jays. Printing Press: Pabarganj: New Delbi-l.
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