The Chennai district unit of the Party organized a Convention on August 6, Hiroshima Day, to focus on Left Resurgence. It was attended by more than 350 members. Comrade Veerapandian, State Executive Member of CPI and Comrade T K Shanmugam, North Chennai District Secretary of CPI(M), addressed the Convention, endorsing the need for Left unity against the new UPA government’s offensive on the people. Comrade Kumarasami, PB member of CPI(ML), gave the concluding speech at the Convention, emphasising the urgent need for left assertion and resurgence, and correction of the opportunist course in the Communist movement.
