Total freedom is what the CPM should offer to the cadres

By O.J.George

It seems some of the corrective measures propounded by the CPM for improving the performance of the party are recoiling on it.

Former Alappuzha MP, Dr K.S.Manoj, has quit the party saying he is a God-believer and he cannot continue to be a member of the party which restricts the members from owing allegiance to any faith.

The integrity of the former MP should be acknowledged, for he could have continued in the party all the same by furtively attending religious functions and remaining in the same position.

It seems he also wanted to enlighten the fact that faith is above party ideology to him.

Anyone would concede the fact that there are many plus points in the Communist precepts, but what is lacking is an opportunity for total freedom.

An enlightened human being cannot thrive without total and unfettered freedom. Perhaps one may go without food for a day, but he should be able to be vocal to express his opinions.

Soviet¸ Chinese, Cuban models of Communism were objected to by even those who do not subscribe to the methods of rival parties because of the limitations on intellectual freedom and open expression.

Now DYFI, in its report, seems to rue the situation ruling among users of internet and other tools of the Information Technology. Ideas opposed to Communism are flooding the cyber world.

There should be discussions based on screening of films, but one should not miss the expressions in many films in which the comrades are set in the form of bad examples. Not only comrades, but politicians in general find opportunities of ridicule one way or the other.

So far as the party does not offer untrammeled opportunities to practise one’s religion, intellectual pursuits and the like, expansion of its base on the basis of discarded precepts would not be easy.

Open up fully, and there may be many takers.