20th Congress

Opening Speech of Prakash Karat

Opening Speech of Prakash Karat, General Secretary of the CPI(M) at the Inaugural Session of the 20th Congress of the CPI(M)
 
Comrade Ramachandran Pillai, President of the inaugural session,
Comrade A. B. Bardhan, veteran leader of the Communist Party of India,
Comrade delegates and observers,
Guests and friends,
 
I hereby declare open the 20th Congress of the Communist Party of India (Marxist). I convey my warm greetings to all the delegates, observes and special invitees assembled here. I welcome Comrade A. B.

Draft Political Resolution

The resolution underlines the fact that the Left and democratic alternative is the only real alternative to the current bourgeois-landlord policies. In order to rally the different sections of the working people in support of the Left and democratic platform, the resolution sets out some of the major demands and policies of the Left and democratic platform.