PALAKKAD: When the election campaigning heats up, celebration members and supporters coin all kinds of phrases and publish memes with such catch phrases on the social media. “The younger celebration supporters are actually inventive on this facet however, in our celebration, the powers should not centralised,” mentioned CPM politburo member Prakash Karat.
Karat was replying to a query from media individuals right here on Wednesday as to what was causing calling Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan ‘Captain’ as a substitute of ‘Comrade’ as has been the same old apply.
“I do know what you had been alluding to — whether or not a “character cult” is being seen within the celebration. It’s not true. As a political celebration, we won’t do it. The coinage of phrases like ‘Captain’ shouldn’t be the official line. Previously, Congress chief Okay Karunakaran was addressed as ‘Chief’ however within the CPM, we should not have such a apply.
“There is no such thing as a such design or official approval and it’s being finished by celebration supporters (on their very own). Even in West Bengal, younger celebration supporters are very inventive and use jingles of movie songs for marketing campaign propaganda. Such actions are restricted to the election marketing campaign,” he mentioned.“In our celebration, in contrast to the Congress, we now have adopted a collective functioning course of by means of the structure of committees. All are equal within the celebration.”
