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'Comradely yours' to be CPM ‘mantra' in temples
The Morning Standard
|July 23, 2024
APPARENTLY taking lessons from its past "mistakes and failures", the CPM is up for a major policy shift, allowing its cadre to practise religious rituals and visit temples and other places of worship.
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It doesn't stop there. The party members are also encouraged to take the reins of temple management.
This newspaper, on June 21, reported that the CPM would take a more "liberal" stance on matters of faith and beliefs.
The three-day state-level leadership summit of the CPM, which concluded in Thiruvananthapuram on Monday, decided to reverse some of the resolutions okayed by the party's Palakkad plenum in 2013.
This story is from the July 23, 2024 edition of The Morning Standard.
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