People's Democracy

Commission On Party History Formed

THE Central Committee of the CPI(M) has constituted a commission for writing of the history of the party. In its meeting held from August 26 to 28, the Central Committee set-up a five-member commission to undertake the work of writing the authoritative history of the Communist Party.

The decision was in fulfilment of a directive given by the 17th party congress, held at Hyderabad from August 19 to 24 this year.

The commission consists of Harkishan Singh Surjeet (convenor), Jyoti Basu, E K Nayanar, P Ramachandran and Koratala Satyanarayana. The commission will have its office in Kolkata and the West Bengal state committee of the party will constitute a team to assist the commission. (INN)