Thiruvananthapuram, 12 March(HS): Taking a cue from the former Soviet Union and East European countries, the CPI(M) in Kerala has made it unequivocally clear that there will not be any communism or socialism in the State.
The State Conference unanimously welcomed the alternate policy paper reportedly authored by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, who is the de facto owner of the CPI(M). “Communism and Socialism as we have understood is out of the dictionary of the CPI(M). Hereafter the party would be unleashing Pinarayiyism in all fields, including economy, arts, culture and agriculture. The party will enforce Pinarayiyism in campuses across the State,” said A Jayashankar, political critic and author.
Capitalists and entrepreneurs are welcome to the State, provided they are willing to toe the diktats of Pinaryi Vijayan, his son-in-law Mohammed Riyaz and daughter Veena. “The opening up of the education sector is in line with this thinking. All party cadres would be awarded Ph Ds and D Sc degrees provided they have completed matriculation education and have taken part in street fights and riots organized by the SFI, the party’s student wing.
The party has already ensured that former SFI leaders like Chintha Jerome, John Brittas MP, and Thomas Issac got their Ph.D. The next in line is PM Arsho, who is the muscleman of the SFI. This is the same party which once assaulted former Indian Ambassador to Austria T P Sreenivasan, who suggested for opening campuses of private universities in the State.
“We will make Kerala the real heaven. All rich persons would be made to pay super taxes while those below the poverty line stand to get a lot of government concessions like free housing, ration, health care and good clothes,” said Vijayan while summing up the discussion on his blueprint for Kerala’s development.
What the chief minister has in mind is Monaco, the European country where the super-rich can stay provided they are willing to cough up heavy taxes. “The poor Keralites who are not in a position to pay the high taxes will be asked to migrate either to Tamil Nadu or to some of the West Asian countries,” said a CPI(M) insider.
But entrepreneurs who want to set up businesses in Kerala have to open their purses for the local and state leaders of the CPI(M). All party workers, especially card-holding members would be paid a minimum monthly allowance of Rs 25,000/-. More details of the blueprint prepared by Vijayan would be made public during the Party Congress to be held in the temple town of Madurai in Tamil Nadu in the month of April.
Party units which do not subscribe to Vijayan’s project are free to leave the party and find their ways. “The Kerala unit has made it clear to CPI(M) leaders of other states that it is either Vijayan’s way or Highway,” said a trade union leader who was in the Achuthanandan faction of the party till the veteran leader was healthy.
Hindusthan Samachar / Manohar Yadavatti
