Palakkad (Kerala): CPI-M has advised its cadre in Kerala to practice martial arts instead of hitting bottle and attending religious functions.
A 62-page report under discussion at the three-day plenum of the CPI-M that began Wednesday and will conclude Friday includes instructions for greater discipline and adherence to party ideology. The report is under discussion at the meeting.
Party general secretary Prakash Karat, in his inaugural speech Wednesday, asked members to see that they exercise restraint as they have to work in close cohesion with the working class.
The document, which found its way to the media Thursday, instructs members to steer clear of alcohol.
It also speaks of the need to keep away from religious functions and to ensure that functions in one's home, like house-warming for instance, are not religious. It also instructs party cadres to avoid extravagance in such functions as marriages.
