25th CPI State-level conference in Kalaburagi from August 30

State secretary of the CPI Saathi Sundaresh, addressing a press conference here on Tuesday, said that the 25th State-level conference of the party, which will be inaugurated on August 30, will discuss critical issues affecting unorganized workers and to explore solutions.

The three-day conference will chalk out action plans to intensify agitation in the next three years to protect the interests of workers, small traders and employees, as government policies are aimed at appeasing the corporate sector.

He said that the BJP-led government at the Centre has put the interest of small traders at stake by bowing before the corporate sector and handing over the country’s wealth to industrialists which is widening the gap between the rich and the poor sections.

He said that the conference will highlight and make people aware of the socio-economic problems created by the BJP-led government at the Centre and its anti-traders, anti-farmers, anti-workers policies.

In the last few years, public assets are steadily being handed over to private hands, even as the privatization of Public Sector Undertakings is depriving lakhs of youths of permanent government jobs while also undermining reservation benefits for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and OBCs, Mr. Sundaresh added.

Organising committee

An organising Committee consisting of more than 200 people, including social activists, scholars, intellectuals, educationists and concerned citizens, will be formed to oversee the 25th State-level conference.

Activist R.K. Hudagi will be the honorary president of the organising committee and senior journalist and writer Ramzan Dargah will be the president. Karuneshwara Swami, retired judge G.K. Ghokale and the Sajjada Nasheen of the Khwaja Banda Nawaz Dargah will be the honorary members of the committee.

Sub-committee

A sub-committee consisting of 100 people from various fields and 200 volunteers will be appointed to oversee logistics related to transportation, accommodation arrangements for dignitaries and CPI leaders coming from across the State.

Published - June 04, 2025 06:11 pm IST