THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: CPM state acting secretary A Vijayaraghavan said that the branch meetings of the party will start from the second week of next month. All district committee meetings will be held after the Onam holiday in two days. The dates have not been finalised due to the Covid situation.

District conferences will be held in January. All conferences will be conducted in strict adherence to the Covid guidelines. This time the state conference will be held in February in Ernakulam district. Meanwhile, Kannur has been chosen as the venue for next year's CPM party congress. A. Vijayaraghavan demanded that all sections of the people should be represented in the conference and that the party policy should be implemented by everyone including the ministers.