The 10th Uttar Pradesh State Conference of CPI(ML) was held on 19-21 September at Gorakhpur (for the Conference the town was named in memory of Com. Jita Kaur Nagar who started her political life here). The conference was attended by 376 delegates including 31 observers.
Hundreds of Party activists holding red flags marched from the railway station to the conference hall, renamed after legendary freedom fighter and communist fighter Com. Ram Bali Pandey. The Conference was inaugurated by the General Secretary of CPI(ML) Comrade Dipankar Bhattacharya. The Central Committee observer for the Conference Comrade Manoj Bhakta, Politburo member Ramji Rai, Mr. Madan Mohan, a noted writer in Hindi and Com. Sudhakar Yadav, State Secretary of the out-going State Committee also addressed the inaugural session which was conducted by Comrade Rajesh Sahni, the District Secretary of Gorakhpur.
The delegate session debated and adopted the draft document placed by the outgoing Secretary. The Conference elected a 27 member state committee and re-elected Comrade Sudhakar Yadav as State Secretary.
