People's Democracy

Report of the Credentials Committee

CC Members not attending:

1.                                               Samar Mukherjee

2.                                               N Shankaraiah

3.                                               Buddhadeb Bhattacharya

4.                                               Kumar Shiralkar

Two delegates from Tripura could not attend

Youngest  Delegate: J. Rajmohan from Tamilnadu

Youngest Observer: Akhil Vikalp from Uttar Pradesh

(both are aged 28 years)

Oldest Delegate:

R Umanath – 91 years

Followed by V. S Achuthanandan & PK Chandranandan (both 88)

Longest Party Life:

R Umanath (1939) – CC Member

VS Achuthanandan (1940) – CC Member

PK Chandranandan (1941) -- Kerala

Shortest Party Life:

T. V. Thomas (2007) – CC Units

·                                Com. R Umnath has attended 19 Congresses of the Party

·                                Com. V.S. Achuthanandan has attended 18 Congresses of the Party

·                                Com. N Varadarajan has attended 17 Congresses of the Party

Longest Jail Life

R Umanath – 9 years, six months 

Binoy Konar -- 9 years, 3 months

Longest Undeground Life:

·                                P.K. Chandranandan -- 13 years 6 months

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Credential Committee comprising of  Madan Ghosh,  (Convener) M C Josephine, P Sampath and Rakesh Singha made the following suggestions for the consideration of the 20th Party Congress 

1.                             We suggest, in future, a standardized credential form be adopted which can be updated as and when the need arises.

2.                             As repeated Party Congresses have given a call to the Party units for building the movement amongst the dalits, tribals, women, minorities etc. the credential form must include a column which mentions the below mentioned sections

3.                              of society to which one belongs to:

a)                             Dalit

b)                            Muslim

c)                             Tribal

d)                            Christian

e)                             Backward class

f)                              Others

4.                             In order to measure the nature and dimension of struggles being carried out, the credential form must have a column which states the number of criminal cases and under what section of the IPC have cases been registered against delegates between the two Congresses.

5.                             Whether you have participated in struggles launched in the intervening period between the two Congresses, on issues related to the problems of dalits, tribals, minorities etc.

6.                             What struggles have you been most influenced by

7.                             Some delegates/observers have filled the credential form casually and they have left some of the columns blank, these columns relate to the monthly income and great number relate to the mass front in which he/she is working in. In future it must be the responsibility of the delegation leader to ensure that the columns of each delegate/observer is filled as required by the credential form. This also applies to CCMs.

8.                             The Credentials Committee expresses its thankfulness and gratitude to the CC Camp office, which included six local volunteers, who did the tedious job of computing the 801 forms submitted by the delegates/observers. This task was done well before the Credential Committee expected.

Madan Ghosh – Convener

M C Josephine, P Sampath & Rakesh Singha