Need to improve the quality of party membership: CPI-M

KOLKATA, Dec 30: Stressing the need to better the quality of party membership, including revving up its women membership, the CPI-M on Wednesday said it is making efforts to improve inner party democracy. Addressing media persons on the fourth and penultimate day of the organizatiol plenum here, politburo member and former general secretary Prakash Karat said 198 amendments to the draft report and 65 amendments to the draft resolution have been received which will be discussed on the fil day of the plenum on Thursday. “There is a very serious attempt to improve the quality of party membership. The focus is not just on numbers, of course we have now 10.66 lakh members, but the concentration is on improving the quality of the membership - politically and ideologically,” he said. (IANS)