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CPI against going ahead with Athirappilly project

Thrissur: The CPI will strongly oppose the LDF government’s reported move to go ahead with the 163 MW Athirappilly hydel project, CPI district secretary C.N. Jayadevan has said.

Mr. Jayadevan was unanimously selected for the post at the party district conference in Guruvayur on Sunday.

“I do not think the LDF government will construct the dam considering the protests against the project,” he said, addressing a press conference here on Monday.

He said the CPI district conference had discussed possible reunification of Communist parties.

In resolutions adopted at the conference, the party demanded approval of new railway lines, availability of water for paddy cultivation, a medical university in Thrissur, better cancer treatment facilities in Thrissur Medical College, measures to check price rise and steps to make clay available under strict conditions to tile factories.

Asked to comment on veteran Marxist leader Jyoti Basu’s reported statement that capitalism had its own role in the development process, Mr. Jayadevan said that the former West Bengal Chief Minister’s remarks were misinterpreted.

“What he said was that there were limitations in implementing Marxist-Leninist principles in a capitalist development programme the country pursued,” Mr. Jayadevan said.

A 51-member district committee was also formed at the district conference on Sunday.

Fifty-two members were selected to represent the district at the State conference in March.

In all, 305 delegates attended the conference.

As many as 10,000 party workers took part in the meetings.

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