Constitution
&
The
Rules
Under
the
Constitution
ARTICLE I
The
name
of
the
Party
shall
be
Communist
Party
of
India
(Marxist).
ARTICLE
II
The
Communist
Party
of
India
(Marxist)
is
the
revolutionary
vanguard
of
the
working
class
of
India.
Its
aim
is
socialism
and
communism
through
the
establishment
of
the
state
of
dictatorship
of
the
proletariat.
In
all
its
activities
the
Party
is
guided
by
the
philosophy
and
principles
of
Marxism-Leninism
which
shows
to
the
toiling
masses
the
correct
way
to
the
ending
of
exploitation
of
man
by
man,
their
complete
emancipation.
The
Party
keeps
high
the
banner
of
proletarian
internationalism.
ARTICLE III
The
flag
of
the
Party
shall
be
a
red
flag
of
which
the
length
shall be
one-and-a
half
times
its
width.
At
the
centre
of
the
flag
there
shall
be
a
crossed
hammer
and
sickle
in
white.
ARTICLE IV
1.
Any
person
residing
in
India,
eighteen
years
of
age
or
above
who
accepts
the
Programme
and
Constitution
of
the
Party,
agrees
to
work
in
one
of
the
Party
organisations,
to
pay
regularly
the
Party
membership
dues
(fee
and
levy
as
may
be
prescribed)
and
to
carry
out
decisions
of
the
Party
shall
be
eligible
for
Party
membership.
2.
(a)
New
members
are
admitted
to
the
Party
through
individual
application
on
the
recommendation
of
two
Party
members.
Party
members
who
recommend
an
applicant
must
furnish
the
Party
Branch
or
the
unit
concerned,
full
information
about
the
applicant
from
personal
knowledge
and
with
due
sense
of
responsibility.
The
Party
Branch
shall
make
recommendation
to
the
next
higher
committee,
if
the
applicant
is
to
be
admitted.
The
next
higher
committee
takes
a
decision
on
all
recommendations.
(b)
All
Party
committees
higher
to
the
Party
Branch
and
up
to
the
Central
Committee
level
have
the
power
to
directly
admit
new
members
to
the
Party.
3.
(a)
All
applications
for
Party
membership
must
be
placed
before
the
appropriate
committee
within
a
month
of
their
presentation
and
recommendation.
(b) If the applicant is admitted to the Party, he or she shall be regarded as a candidate member for a period of one year commencing from the date of such admission.
4.
If
a
leading
member
from
another
political
party
of
local,
district
or
state
level
comes
to
the
Party,
in
addition
to
the
sanction
of
Local
Party
Committee
or
District
or
State
Committee,
it
is
necessary
to
have
the
sanction
of
the
next
higher
committee
of
the
Party
before
he
or
she
is
admitted
to
membership
of
the
Party.
In
exceptional
cases
the
Central
Committee
or
the
State
Committee
can
admit
such
members
to
full
membership
of
the
Party.
And
whenever
a
State
Committee
admits
such
members
it
should
obtain
previous
sanction
from
the
Central
Committee.
5.
Members
once
expelled
from
the
Party
can
be
re-admitted
only
by
the
decision
of
the
Party
Committee
which
confirmed
their
expulsion
or
by
a
higher
committee.
6.
Candidate
members
have
the
same
duties
and
rights
as
full
members
except
that
they
have
no
right
to
elect
or
be
elected,
or
to
vote
on
any
motion.
7.
The
Party
branch
recommending
or
the
Party
committee
admitting
candidate
members
shall
arrange
for
their
elementary
education
on
the
Programme,
Constitution
and
the
current
policies
of
the
Party
and
observe
their
development,
through
providing
for
their
functioning
as
members
of
a
Party
branch
or
unit.
8.
By
the
end
of
the
period
of
candidature,
the
Party
branch
or
Party
committee
concerned
shall
discuss
whether
the
candidate
member
is
qualified
to
full
membership.
If
a
candidate
member
is
found
unfit,
the
Party
branch
or
committee
shall
cancel
his
or
her
candidate
membership.
A
report
on
admission
to
full
membership
shall
be
regularly
forwarded
by
the
branch
or
the
Party
committee
concerned
to
the
next
higher
committee.
9.
The
higher
committee
may,
on
scrutiny
of
the
report,
alter
or
modify
any
such
decision
after
consultation
with
the
branch
or
the
Party
committee
which
has
submitted
the
report.
The
District
and
State
Committee
will
exercise
supervisory
power
over
the
recruitment
of
candidates
and
over
admissions
to
full
membership
and
have
the
right
to
modify
or
reject
the
decision
of
the
lower
committee
in
this
respect.
10.
A
Party
member
may
transfer
his
or
her
membership
from
one
unit
to
another,
with
the
approval
of
his
or
her
unit
and
by
sending
his
or
her
application
through
his
or
her
unit
to
the
higher
unit
under
whose
jurisdiction
the
concerned
units
function.
Every
person
joining
the
Party
shall
sign
the
Party
Pledge.
This
Pledge
shall
be:
“I
accept
the
aims
and
objectives
of
the
Party
and
agree
to
abide
by
its
Constitution
and
loyally
to
carry
out
decisions
of
the
Party.
“I
shall
strive
to
live
up
to
the
ideals
of
communism
and
shall
selflessly
serve
the
working
class
and
the
toiling
masses
and
the
country,
always
placing
the
interests
of
the
Party
and
the
people
above
personal
interests.”
All
membership
records
shall
be
kept
under
the
supervision
of
the
District
Committee.
1.
There
shall
be
annual
check-up
of
Party
membership
by
the
Party
organisation
to
which
the
Party
member
belongs.
Any
Party
member
who
for
a
continuous
period
and
without
proper
reason
has
failed
to
take
part
in
Party
life
and
activity
or
to
pay
Party
dues
shall
be
dropped
from
Party
membership.
2.
A
report
on
check-up
of
Party
membership
by
a
Branch
or
a
Party
committee
concerned
shall
be
sent
to
the
next
higher
committee
for
confirmation
and
registration.
3.
There
shall
be
right
of
appeal
on
decisions
of
droppage
from
Party
membership.
1.
A
Party
member
wishing
to
resign
from
the
Party
shall
summit
his
or
her
resignation
to
the
Party
branch
or
to
the
Party
unit
to
which
he
or
she
belongs.
The
unit
concerned
may
accept
the
same,
decide
to
strike
his
or
her
name
off
the
rolls
and
report
the
matter
to
the
next
higher
committee.
If
the
resignation
is
on
political
grounds
the
unit
may
refuse
to
accept
the
resignation
and
may
expel
him.
2.
In
the
case
where
a
Party
member
wishing
to
resign
from
the
Party
is
liable
to
be
charged
with
serious
violation
of
party
discipline
which
may
warrant
his
or
her
expulsion
and
where
such
a
charge
is
substantial,
the
resignation
may
be
given
effect
to
as
expulsion
from
the
Party.
3.
All
such
cases
of
resignations
given
effect
to
as
expulsion
shall
be
immediately
reported
to
the
next
higher
Party
committee
and
be
subject
to
the
latter’s
confirmation.
1.
All
Party
members
as
well
as
candidates
shall
pay
a
Party
membership
fee
of
rupees
two
per
year.
This
annual
Party
fee
shall
be
paid
at
the
time
of
admission
into
the
Party
and
by
March
end
of
each
year
to
the
branch
or
unit
secretary
by
the
member
concerned.
If
he
or
she
does
not
clear
the
fee
in
due
time
his
or
her
name
shall
be
removed
from
the
Party
rolls.
The
Central
Committee
may
extend
this
date
if
the
circumstances
warrant
such
extension.
2.
All
Party
fees
collected
from
Party
members
by
Party
branches
or
units
will
be
deposited
with
the
Central
Committee
through
the
appropriate
Party
committees.
Every Party member must pay a monthly levy as laid down by the Central Committee. Those whose incomes are of annual or of seasonal character have to pay their levy at the beginning of the season or at the beginning of every quarter on the same percentage basis. If a member has failed to deposit his levy within three months after it is due, then his name is to be removed from the Party rolls.
1.
The
duties
of
the
Party
members
are
as
follows:
a)
To
regularly
participate
in
the
activity
of
the
Party
organisation
to
which
they
belong
and
to
faithfully
carry
out
the
policy,
decisions
and
the
directives
of
the
Party;
(b)
To
study
Marxism-Leninism
and
endeavour
to
raise
their
level
of
understanding;
(c)
To
read,
support
and
popularise
the
Party
journals
and
Party
publications;
(d)
To
observe
the
Party
Constitution
and
Party
discipline
and
behave
in
the
spirit
of
proletarian
internationalism
and
in
accordance
with
the
noble
ideals
of
communism;
(e)
To
place
the
interests
of
the
people
and
the
Party
above
personal
interests;
(f)
To
devotedly
serve
the
masses
and
consistently
strengthen
their
bonds
with
them,
to
learn
from
the
masses
and
report
their
opinions
and
demands
to
the
Party,
to
work
in
a
mass
organisation,
unless
exempted,
under
the
guidance
of
the
Party.
(g)
To
cultivate
comradely
relations
towards
one
another
the
constantly
develop
a
fraternal
spirit
within
the
Party;
(h)
To
practice
criticism
an
self-criticism
with
a
view
to
helping
each
other
and
improving
individual
and
collective
work;
(i)
To
be
frank,
honest
and
truthful
to
the
Party
and
not
to
betray
the
confidence
of
the
Party;
(j)
To
safeguard
the
unity
and
solidarity
of
the
Party
and
to
be
vigilant
against
the
enemies
of
the
working
class
and
the
country;
(k) To defend the Party and uphold its cause against the onslaught of the enemies of the Party, the working class and the country.
2.
It
shall
be
the
task
of
the
Party
organisation
to
ensure
the
fulfillment
of
the
above
duties
by
Party
members
and
help
them
in
every
possible
way
in
the
discharge
of
these
duties.
1.
Rights
of
the
Party
members
are
as
following:
(a)
To
elect
Party
organs
and
Party
committees
and
be
elected
to
them;
(b)
To
participate
in
discussion
in
order
to
contribute
to
the
formation
of
the
Party
policy
and
of
the
decisions
of
the
Party;
(c)
To
make
proposals
regarding
one’s
own
work
in
the
Party;
(d)
To
make
criticism
about
Party
committees
and
Party
functionaries
at
Party
meetings;
(e)
To
be
heard
in
person
in
his
or
her
unit
when
a
Party
unit
discusses
disciplinary
action
against
him
or
her;
(f)
When
any
Party
member
disagrees
with
any
decision
of
a
Party
committee
on
organization
he
or
she
has
a
right
to
submit
his
or
her
opinion
to
the
next
higher
committee.
In
case
of
political
difference
a
member
has
the
right
to
submit
his
or
her
opinion
to
the
higher
committee
up
to
the
Central
Committee.
In
all
such
cases
the
Party
member
shall,
of
course,
carry
out
the
Party
decisions
and
the
difference
shall
be
sought
to
be
resolved
through
the
test
of
practice
and
through
comradely
discussions;
(g) To address any statement, appeal or complaint to any higher Party organisation up to and including the Central Committee.
2.
It
shall
be
the
duty
of
Party
organisations
and
Party
functionaries
to
see
that
these
rights
are
respected
1.
The
structure
of
the
Party
is
based
on,
and
its
internal
life
is
guided
by,
the
principles
of
democratic
centralism.
Democratic
centralism
means
centralised
leadership
based
on
inner-Party
democracy
under
the
guidance
of
the
centralised
leadership.
In
the
sphere
of
the
Party
structure,
the
guiding
principles
of
democratic
centralism
are:
(a)
All
Party
organs
from
top
to
bottom
shall
be
elected;
(b)
The
minority
shall
carry
out
the
decisions
of
the
majority;
the
lower
Party
organisations
shall
carry
out
the
decision
and
directives
of
the
higher
Party
organs,
the
individual
shall
subordinate
himself
to
the
will
of
the
collective.
All
Party
organisations
shall
carry
out
the
decisions
and
directives
of
the
Party
Congress
and
of
the
Central
Committee;
(c)
All
Party
committees
shall
periodically
report
their
work
to
the
Party
organisation
immediately
below
and
all
lower
committees
shall
likewise
report
to
their
immediate
higher
committee;
(d)
All
Party
committees,
particularly
the
leading
Party
committees,
shall
pay
constant
heed
to
the
opinions
and
criticism
of
the
lower
Party
organisations
and
the
rank-and-file
Party
members;
(e)
All
Party
committees
shall
function
strictly
on
the
principles
of
collective
decisions
and
check-up
combined
with
individual
responsibility;
(f)
All
questions
of
international
affairs,
questions
of
all-India
character,
or
questions
concerning
more
than
one
state
or
questions
requiring
uniform
decisions
for
the
whole
country,
shall
be
decided
upon
by
the
all-India
Party
organisations.
All
questions
of
a
state
or
district
character
shall
be
ordinarily
decided
upon
by
the
corresponding
Party
organisations.
But
in
no
case
shall
such
decisions
run
counter
to
the
decisions
of
a
higher
Party
organisation.
When
the
Central
Party
leadership
has
to
take
a
decision
on
any
issue
of
major
state
importance,
it
shall
do
so
normally
after
consultation
with
the
state
Party
organisation
concerned.
The
state
organisation
shall
do
likewise
in
relation
to
districts;
(g) On issues which affect the policy of the Party on an all-India scale, but on which the Party’s standpoint is to be expressed for the first time, only the Central leadership of the Party is entitled to make a policy statement. The lower committees can and should send their opinions and suggestions in time for consideration by the Central leadership.
2.
Basing
itself
upon
the
experience
of
the
entire
Party
membership
and
of
the
popular
movement,
in
the
sphere
of
the
internal
life
of
the
Party,
the
following
principles
of
democratic
centralism
are
applied:
(a)
Free
and
frank
discussion
within
the
Party
unit
on
all
questions
affecting
the
Party,
its
policy
and
work;
(b)
Sustained
efforts
to
activise
the
Party
members
in
popularising
and
implementing
the
Party
policies,
to
raise
their
ideological-political
level
and
improve
their
general
education
so
that
they
can
effectively
participate
in
the
life
and
work
of
the
Party;
(c)
When
serious
differences
arise
in
a
Party
committee,
every
effort
should
be
made
to
arrive
at
an
agreement.
Failing
this,
the
decision
should
be
postponed
with
a
view
to
resolving
differences
through
further
discussions,
unless
an
immediate
decision
is
called
for
by
the
needs
of
the
Party
and
the
mass
movement;
(d)
Encouragement
of
criticism
and
self-criticism
at
all
levels,
from
top
to
bottom,
especially
criticism
from
below;
(e)
Consistent
struggles
against
bureaucratic
tendencies
at
all
levels;
(f)
Impermissibility
of
factionalism
and
factional
groupings
inside
the
Party
in
any
form;
(g) Strengthening of the Party spirit by developing fraternal relations and mutual help, correcting mistakes by treating comrades sympathetically; judging them and their work not on the basis of isolated mistakes or incidents, but taking into account their whole record of service to the Party.
1. The supreme organ of the Party for the whole country shall be the All-India Party Congress.
(a)
The
regular
Party
Congress
shall
be
convened
by
the
Central
Committee
ordinarily
once
every
three
years.
(b)
An
Extraordinary
Party
Congress
shall
be
called
by
the
Central
Committee
at
its
own
discretion,
or
when
it
is
demanded
by
two
or
more
State
Committees
representing
not
less
than
one-third
of
the
total
Party
membership.
(c)
The
date
and
venue
of
the
Party
Congress
or
of
the
Extraordinary
Party
Congress
shall
be
decided
by
the
Central
Committee
at
a
meeting
especially
called
for
the
purpose.
(d)
Regular
Party
Congress
shall
be
composed
of
delegates
elected
by
the
State
Conferences
as
well
as
by
Conferences
of
Party
units
directly
under
the
all-India
Party
Centre.
(e)
The
basis
of
representation
at
a
regular
Party
Congress
and
the
basis
of
representation
and
method
of
election
of
delegates
to
the
Extraordinary
Party
Congress
shall
be
decided
by
the
Central
Committee
on
the
basis
of
total
Party
membership,
strength
of
the
mass
movements
led
by
the
Party,
strength
of
the
Party
in
the
respective
States.
(f) The members of the Central Committee shall have the right to participate as full delegates in the Party Congress, whether regular or extraordinary.
2.
Functions
and
powers
of
the
regular
Party
Congress
are
as
follows:
(a)
To
discuss
and
act
on
the
political
and
organisational
report
of
the
Central
Committee;
(b)
To
revise
and
change
the
Party
Programme
and
the
Party
Constitution.
(c)
To
determine
the
Party
line
on
current
situation;
(d) To elect the Central Committee by secret ballot.
3.
It
elects
a
Credentials
Committee
which
goes
into
the
credentials
of
all
the
delegates
and
submits
a
report
to
the
Congress.
4. The Congress shall elect a Presidium for the conduct of its business.
1.
(a)
The
Central
Committee
shall
be
elected
at
the
Party
Congress,
the
numbers
being
decided
by
the
Party
Congress.
(b)
The
outgoing
Central
Committee
shall
propose
to
the
Congress
a
panel
of
candidates.
(c)
The
panel
of
candidates
shall
be
prepared
with
a
view
to
creating
a
capable
leadership,
closely
linked
with
the
masses,
firm
in
the
revolutionary
outlook
of
the
working
class
and
educated
in
Marxism-Leninism.
(d)
Any
delegate
can
raise
objection
with
regard
to
any
name
in
the
panel
proposed
as
well
as
propose
any
new
name
or
names,
but
the
prior
approval
of
the
member
whose
name
is
proposed
is
necessary.
(e)
Any
one
whose
name
has
been
proposed
shall
have
the
right
to
withdraw.
(f) The panel proposed, together with the additional nominations by the delegates, shall be voted upon by secret ballot, and by the method of single distributive vote. In case there is no additional nomination, approval of the delegates will be taken by show of hands.
2.
The
Central
Committee
shall
be
the
highest
authority
of
the
Party
between
two
all-India
Party
Congress.
3. It is responsible for enforcing the Party Constitution and carrying out the political line and decisions adopted by the Party Congress.
4. The Central Committee shall represent the Party as a whole and be responsible for directing the entire work of the Party. The Central Committee shall have the right to take decisions with full authority on any question facing the Party.
5.
The
Central
Committee
shall
elect
from
among
it
members
a
Polit
Bureau
including
the
General
Secretary.
The
number
of
members
in
the
Polit
Bureau
shall
be
decided
by
the
Central
Committee.
The
Polit
Bureau
carries
on
the
work
of
the
Central
Committee
between
its
two
sessions
and
has
the
right
to
take
political
and
organisational
decisions
in
between
two
meetings
of
the
Central
Committee.
(a) The Central Committee shall elect a Secretariat from among its members. The number of members of the Secretariat shall be decided by the Central Committee. The Secretariat will, under the guidance of the Polit Bureau, look after the day-to-day work of the Party Centre and assist the Polit Bureau in the implementation of Central Committee decisions.
6.
The
election
of
the
secretaries
of
the
State
Committees
and
of
editors
of
state
Party
organs
shall
require
the
approval
of
the
Central
Committee.
7.
(a)
The
Central
Committee
shall
remove
any
member
from
itself
for
gross
breach
of
discipline,
misconduct
or
for
anti-Party
activity
by
two-thirds
of
the
members
present
and
voting
and
in
any
case
by
more
than
half
the
total
strength
of
the
Central
Committee
voting
for
such
removal.
b)
It
can
fill
up
any
vacancy
occurring
in
its
composition
by
simple
majority
of
its
total
members.
(c)
In
case
member
or
members
of
the
Central
Committee
are
arrested
the
remaining
members
can
coopt
substitute
member
or
members
and
they
shall
have
full
right
as
the
original
members
but
should
vacate
their
places
as
the
arrested
members
get
released
and
assume
their
duties.
8.
The
time
between
two
meetings
of
the
Central
Committee
shall
not
normally
exceed
three
months
and
it
shall
meet
whenever
one
third
of
its
total
members
make
a
requisition.
9.
The
Central
Committee
shall
discuss
and
decide
political
and
organisational
issues
and
problems
of
mass
movements
and
guide
the
State
Committees
and
all-India
Party
fractions
in
mass
organisations.
10.
The
Central
Committee
is
responsible
for
the
Party
finances
and
adopts
the
statement
of
accounts
submitted
to
it
by
the
Polit
Bureau
once
a
year.
11.
The
Central
Committee
shall
submit
its
political
and
organisational
report
before
the
Party
Congress,
whenever
it
is
convened.
12.
With
the
aim
of
strengthening
the
revolutionary
leadership
of
the
Party
and
ensuring
a
check-up
over
the
State
and
district
organisations,
the
Central
Committee
sends
representatives
and
organisers,
who
must
work
on
the
basis
of
special
instructions
laid
down
every
time
by
the
Central
Committee
or
Polit
Bureau.
13.
The
Central
Committee
may
when
it
deems
necessary
convene
an
extended
session
of
the
Central
Committee,
or
Plenum
or
Conference.
The
Central
Committee
shall
decide
the
basis
of
attendance
and
method
of
election
of
delegates
for
such
bodies.
14.
In
case
of
emergency
or
in
case
of
large-scale
arrests,
the
Central
Committee,
the
State
Committees,
and
the
District
Committees
shall
be
reorganised
into
smaller
compact
bodies.
The
names
for
such
reorganisation
of
Central
Committee
are
prepared
by
the
remaining
members
of
the
P.B.
and
should
be
approved
by
the
members
of
the
Central
Committee
inside
and
outside.
The
names
for
the
reorganisation
of
State
and
District
Committees
are
prepared
by
the
remaining
members
of
the
respective
committees
and
are
to
be
approved
by
their
next
higher
committee.
They
can
form
sub-committees
as
they
deem
it
necessary,
to
discharge
their
functions
and
responsibilities.
The
reconstituted
Central
Committee
is
empowered
to
frame
new
rules
for
safeguarding
the
Party
organisation.
But
when
the
situation
normalises
the
elected
Committees
are
restored.
1.
The
highest
organ
in
the
State
or
District
shall
be
the
State
or
the
District
Conference
which
elects
a
State
or
District
Committee.
2.
(a)
The
organisational
structure,
the
rights
and
functions
of
the
State
or
District
Party
organs
are
similar
to
those
enumerated
in
the
articles
concerning
the
Party
structure
and
functions
at
the
all-India
level,
their
functions
being
confined
to
the
State
or
district
issues
and
their
decisions
being
within
the
limit
of
the
decisions
taken
by
the
next
higher
Party
organ.
In
case
it
becomes
necessary
to
increase
the
number
of
members
of
these
Party
Committees
they
can
do
so
with
the
permission
of
the
next
higher
committee.
(b)
The
State
or
District
Committee
shall
elect
a
Secretariat
including
the
secretary.
But
the
State
or
District
Committee
may
not
have
a
Secretariat
if
permitted
by
the
next
higher
committee.
(c) The State or District Committee shall remove any member from itself for gross breach of discipline, misconduct or for anti-party activity by a decision of majority of the total members of the State Committee or District Committee.
3.
(a)
The
State
Committee
shall
decide
on
the
area
of
the
District
Committee
taking
into
account
the
needs
of
the
movement.
It
may
not
necessarily
be
confined
to
administrative
division.
(b)
The
State
Committee
shall
decided
on
the
various
Party
organs
to
be
set
up
between
the
primary
unit
(the
Branch)
and
the
District
or
the
region
and
shall
make
necessary
provisions
relating
to
their
composition
and
functioning.
This
will
be
done
in
accordance
with
the
rules
laid
down
by
the
Central
Committee.
1.
(a)
The
primary
unit
of
the
Party
is
the
Party
Branch
organised
on
the
basis
of
profession
or
territory;
(b)
Party
members
are
to
be
organised
on
the
basis
of
their
occupation
or
vocation,
when
they
are
working
in
a
factory
or
an
institute
or
any
industry.
When
such
Branches
are
organised
the
members
of
such
Branches
shall
be
associate
members
of
the
Party
branches
in
place
of
their
residence
or
organised
as
auxiliary
Branches
there.
The
work
to
be
allotted
in
their
place
of
residence
shall
not
be
detrimental
to
the
work
allotted
to
them
by
their
basic
units
in
the
factory
or
institute
or
occupation;
(c)
The
number
of
members
in
a
Branch
shall
not
be
more
than
fifteen.
The
functions
and
other
matters
related
to
the
Branch
will
be
determined
by
the
State
Committee.
2.
The
Branch
is
the
living
link
between
the
masses
of
workers,
peasants
and
other
sections
of
the
people
within
its
area
or
sphere
and
the
leading
committee
of
Party.
Its
tasks
are:
(a)
To
carry
out
the
directives
of
the
higher
committee;
(b)
Win
the
masses
in
the
factory
or
locality
for
the
political
and
organisational
decisions
of
the
Party;
(c)
Draw
in
militants
and
sympathisers
into
activity
to
enroll
them
as
new
members
and
educate
them
politically;
(d) Help the district, local or town committee in its every day organisational and agitational work.
3.
To
carry
out
the
current
work,
the
Branch
elects
its
Secretary
who
is
confirmed
by
the
next
higher
committee.
1. The Party Congress shall directly elect a Central Control Commission consisting of not more than five members. The Chairperson of the Central Control Commission will be an ex-officio member of the Central Committee.
2.
The
Control
Commission
shall
take
up:
(a)
Cases
of
disciplinary
action
referred
to
it
by
the
Central
Committee
or
Polit
Bureau;
(b)
Cases
of
appeal
where
disciplinary
action
has
been
taken
by
the
State
Committee.
(c) Cases involving expulsion, suspension from full Party membership and decisions of droppage from Party membership against which an appeal has been made to the State Committee or to the State Control Commission and rejected.
3.
The
decision
of
the
Central
Control
Commission
will
be
final
and
binding.
4. The detailed rules for the functioning of the Control Commission shall be framed by the Central Committee after consultation with the Control Commission.
5.
In
the
eventually
of
a
vacancy
arising
in
the
Central
Control
Commission
between
two
party
Congresses,
the
Central
Committee
shall
have
the
right
to
fill
the
vacancy.
6.
The
State
Conference
may
elect
a
State
Control
Commission
to
go
into
the
cases
of
disciplinary
action.
In
whichever
State
the
State
Control
Commission
is
set
up,
the
functions
and
authority
will
be
similar
to
that
of
the
Central
Control
Commission,
but
within
its
own
State.
1.
Discipline
is
indispensable
for
preserving
and
strengthening
the
unity
of
the
Party,
for
enhancing
its
strength,
its
fighting
ability
and
its
prestige,
and
for
enforcing
the
principles
of
democratic
centralism.
Without
strict
adherence
to
Party
discipline,
the
Party
cannot
lead
the
masses
in
struggles
and
actions,
nor
discharge
its
responsibility
towards
them.
2.
Discipline
is
based
on
conscious
acceptance
of
the
aims,
the
Programme
and
the
policies
of
the
Party.
All
members
of
the
Party
are
equally
bound
by
Party
discipline
irrespective
of
their
status
in
the
Party
organisation
or
in
public
life.
3.
Violation
of
the
Party
Constitution
and
decisions
of
the
Party
as
well
as
any
other
action
and
behaviour
unworthy
of
a
member
of
the
Communist
Party
shall
constitute
a
breach
of
Party
discipline
and
is
liable
to
disciplinary
action.
4.
The
disciplinary
actions
are
:
(a)
Warning;
(b)
Censure;
(c)
Public
censure;
(d)
Removal
from
the
post
in
the
Party;
(e)
Suspension
from
full
Party
membership
for
any
period
but
not
exceeding
one
year;
(f)
Expulsion.
5.
Disciplinary
action
shall
normally
be
taken
where
other
methods,
including
methods
of
persuasion,
have
failed
to
correct
the
comrade
concerned.
But
even
where
disciplinary
measure
has
been
taken,
the
efforts
to
help
the
comrade
to
correct
himself
shall
continue.
In
case
where
the
breach
of
discipline
is
such
that
it
warrants
an
immediate
disciplinary
measure
to
protect
the
interests
of
Party
or
its
prestige,
the
disciplinary
action
shall
be
taken
promptly.
6.
Expulsion
from
the
Party
is
the
severest
of
all
disciplinary
measures
and
this
shall
be
applied
with
utmost
caution,
deliberation
and
judgement.
7.
No
disciplinary
measure
involving
removal
from
the
post
held
in
the
Party,
suspension
from
full
Party
membership
other
than
suspension
pending
enquiry,
expulsion
from
the
Party,
shall
come
into
effect
without
confirmation
by
the
next
higher
committee.
In
case
of
expulsion
the
penalised
Party
member
shall
be
removed
from
all
Party
activities
pending
confirmation.
The
expelled
member
stands
suspended
from
the
Party
till
the
expulsion
is
confirmed
by
the
next
higher
committee.
The
higher
committee
will
have
to
communicate
its
decision
with
six
months.
8.
The
comrade
against
whom
a
disciplinary
measure
is
proposed
shall
be
fully
informed
of
the
allegations,
charges
and
other
relevant
facts
against
him
or
her.
He
or
she
shall
have
the
right
to
be
heard
in
person
by
the
Party
unit
to
which
he
or
she
belongs
and
shall
have
the
right
to
submit
his
or
her
explanation
to
any
other
unit
which
takes
action
against
him
or
her.
9.
When
a
member
is
simultaneously
a
member
of
two
Party
units,
the
lower
unit
can
recommend
disciplinary
action
against
him
or
her
but
it
shall
not
come
into
operation
unless
accepted
by
his
or
her
higher
unit.
10.
Party
members
found
to
be
strike-breakers,
drunkards,
moral
degenerates,
betrayers
of
Party
confidence,
guilty
of
grave
financial
corruption
can
be
summarily
suspended
from
Party
membership
and
removed
from
all
responsible
positions
in
the
Party
by
the
Party
unit
to
which
he
belongs
or
by
a
higher
Party
body
pending
the
issue
of
the
charge-sheet
to
him
and
getting
his
explanation.
This
summary
suspension
and
removal
from
all
responsible
positions
in
the
Party
cannot
be
extended
for
a
period
of
more
than
three
months.
11.
There
shall
be
right
of
appeal
in
all
cases
of
disciplinary
action.
12.
The
Central,
State
or
District
Committee
has
the
right
to
dissolve
and
appoint
new
committees
or
take
disciplinary
action
against
a
lower
committee
in
cases
where
a
persistent
defiance
of
Party
decisions
and
policy,
serious
factionalism,
or
a
break
of
Party
discipline
is
involved.
But
the
State
and
District
Committee
will
immediately
report
such
action
to
the
next
higher
committee
for
whatever
action
it
deems
necessary.
13.
In
exceptional
circumstances
Party
Committees
in
their
discretion
may
resort
to
summary
procedure
in
expelling
members
for
grave
anti-Party
activities.
1.
Party
members
elected
to
Parliament,
State
Legislature
or
Administrative
Council
shall
constitute
themselves
into
a
Party
group
and
function
under
the
appropriate
Party
Committee
in
strict
conformity
with
the
line
of
the
Party,
its
policies
and
directives.
2.
The
communist
legislators
shall
unswervingly
defend
the
interests
of
the
people.
Their
work
in
the
legislature
shall
reflect
the
movement
and
they
shall
uphold
and
popularize
the
policies
of
the
Party.
The legislative work of the communist legislators shall be closely combined with the activity of the Party outside and mass movements and it shall be the duty of all communist legislators to help build the Party and mass organisations.
3.
The
communist
legislators
shall
maintain
the
closest
possible
contact
with
their
electors
and
masses,
keeping
them
duly
informed
of
their
legislative
work
and
constantly
seeking
their
suggestions
and
advice.
4.
The
communist
legislators
shall
maintain
a
high
standard
of
personal
integrity,
lead
an
unostentatious
life
and
display
humility
in
all
their
dealings
and
contact
with
the
people
and
place
the
Party
above
self.
5.
Salaries
and
allowances
drawn
by
communist
legislators
and
local
body
members
are
considered
to
be
Party
money.
The
Party
Committee
concerned
shall
fix
up
the
wages
and
allowances
of
the
members.
6.
Party
members
elected
to
local
bodies
such
as
corporations,
municipalities,
town
or
area
committees,
zilla
parishads,
block
samities,
gram
panchayats
shall
function
under
the
appropriate
Party
Committee
or
Party
Branch.
They
shall
maintain
close
day-to-day
contacts
with
their
electors
and
the
masses
and
defend
their
interests
in
such
elected
bodies.
They
shall
make
regular
reports
on
their
work
to
the
electors
and
the
people
and
seek
their
suggestions
and
advice.
The
work
in
such
local
bodies
shall
be
combined
with
intense
mass
activity
outside.
7.
All
nomination
of
Party
candidates
for
election
to
Parliament,
Legislatures
or
Councils
or
Centrally
Administered
areas
shall
be
subject
to
approval
by
the
Central
Committee.
Rules governing the nomination of Party candidates for corporation, municipalities, district boards, local boards and panchayats shall be drawn up by the State Committees.
The
Communist
Party
of
India
(Marxist)
shall
bear
true
faith
and
allegiance
to
the
Constitution
of
India
as
by
law
established
and
to
the
principles
of
socialism,
secularism
and
democracy
and
would
uphold
the
sovereignty,
unity
and
integrity
of
India.
1. To unify the Party, free and businesslike discussions of Party policy in the various organisations of the Party as a whole are useful and necessary. This is the inalienable right of Party members arising from inner-Party democracy. But interminable discussions on issues of Party policy which paralyse the unity and will of action of the Party would be a gross misuse of inner-Party democracy.
2.
Inner-Party
discussion
shall
be
organised
on
all-India
scale
by
the
Central
Committee:
(a)
Whenever
it
considers
it
necessary;
(b)
Whenever
over
an
important
question
of
Party
policy
there
is
not
sufficient
firm
majority
inside
the
Central
Committee.
(c) When an inner-Party discussion on all-India scale is demanded by State Committees representing one-third of total Party membership.
3.
A
State
Committee
can
initiate
inner-Party
discussion
on
an
important
question
of
Party
policy
concerning
that
particular
State,
either
on
its
own,
or
on
a
demand
of
District
Committees
representing
one-third
Party
membership
in
the
State
with
the
approval
of
the
Central
Committee.
4.
Inner-Party
discussion
shall
be
conducted
under
the
guidance
of
the
Central
Committee
which
shall
formulate
the
issues
under
discussion.
The
Central
Committee
which
guides
the
discussion
shall
lay
down
the
manner
in
which
the
discussion
shall
be
conducted.
When the State Committee initiates the discussion, it can formulate the issues under discussion and the manner in which the discussion shall be conducted, with the approval of the Central Committee.
ARTICLE XXII
Discussion
Preparatory
to
Party
Congress
And
Conferences
1.
Two
months
before
the
Party
Congress,
the
Central
Committee
will
release
draft
resolution
for
discussion
by
all
units
of
the
Party.
It
is
obligatory
on
the
part
of
the
State
Committees
to
render
it
into
respective
languages
and
forward
to
all
Branch
Committees
the
required
number
of
copies
in
the
shortest
possible
time
after
its
release
by
the
Central
Committee
Amendments
to
the
resolution
will
be
sent
directly
to
the
Central
Committee
which
will
place
its
report
on
them
before
the
Party
Congress.
2. At each level, the Conference shall take place on the basis of reports and resolutions submitted by the respective Committees.
Party members working in mass organisations and their executives shall organise themselves into fractions or fraction committees and function under the guidance of the appropriate Party Committee, They must always strive to strengthen the unity, mass basis and fighting capacity of the mass organisations concerned.
The Central Committee may frame rules and bye-laws under the Party Constitution and in conformity with it. Rules and bye-laws under the Party Constitution and in conformity with it may also be framed by the State Committees subject to confirmation by the Central Committee.
The Party Constitution shall be amended only by the Party Congress. The notice of proposals for amending the Constitution shall be given two months before the said Party Congress.
RULES
UNDER
PARTY
CONSTITUTION
(Adopted by the Central Committee in its Meeting on April 8-10, 1988)
Regarding Transfer of Member from one unit to another or from one state to another:
(Explanation: Though in practice all transfers from one State to another are done by the CC, the particulars mentioned generally are inadequate. Therefore when a State asks the Centre to transfer a comrade to another State, it must specify the following so that a proper record is kept of each Party member at each level. The same would apply to transfers within the State.)
Rules : Transfer of Membership
The following particulars must be supplied along with the letter of transfer:
Name
of
comrade
Age
Year
of
joining
the
Party
Unit
to
which
he/she
belonged
Mass
organisation
in
which
he/she
worked
Levy
amount
per
month
and
paid
up
to
Any
record
of
disciplinary
action
State
from
which
he/she
is
to
be
transferred
State
to
which
he/she
is
to
be
transferred
Year
of
renewal
of
Party
membership
Address
where
he/she
can
be
contacted.
Auxiliary Groups:
(Explanation: The Salkia Plenum has directed that militants thrown up through mass struggles should be put into auxiliary groups, trained and educated so that they can be recruited as Party members. For this provision is to be made in the rules.)
1.
Party
units
should
take
steps
to
organise
active
participants
and
militants
thrown
up
in
the
course
of
mass
movements
and
from
the
mass
organisations
into
auxiliary
groups
which
are
groupings
of
broad
sympathizers.
2.
Party
Committees
should
arrange
for
the
education
and
training
of
such
auxiliary
group
members
about
the
Party
Programme
and
basic
policies,
so
as
to
equip
them
in
a
reasonable
period
of
time
to
be
capable
of
joining
the
Party
as
candidate
members.
Under Article VI:
Party Membership Records
Rule: The Constitution provides for the membership records to be kept under the supervision of the District Committee. While the final authority for veracity of the records and its authenticated copy will be the DC, the maintenance of records can be delegated to the intermediate/local committee in a State, if so decided by the State Committee concerned.
Under Article VII:
Check-up
of
Party
Membership
(Explanation: Clause (1) states that a Party member may be dropped from membership who “for a continuous period and without proper reason has failed to take part in Party life and activity or to pay Party dues”. This is to safeguard against arbitrary droppages without the due reasons stated in the Constitution. Some specific rules are required on the procedure to be adopted.)
Rules
(1)
The
unit
concerned
which
wishes
to
drop
a
member
must
do
so
after
giving
the
member
a
chance
to
explain
his
or
her
position.
The
branch
must
convey
the
decision
to
drop
the
member
in
writing
to
the
next
higher
committee.
(2)
The
higher
committee,
when
confirming
and
registering
the
membership,
must
examine
the
list
of
droppages
and
give
its
specific
opinion
on
the
same.
(3)
The
committee
concerned
must
submit
a
renewal
report
to
the
next
higher
committee
giving
details
of
the
Party
membership
enrolment,
droppages,
transfers
and
composition
of
the
membership.
(4)
For
renewal
of
Party
membership
there
should
be
a
renewal
form
to
be
filled
up
by
the
member
concerned
every
year
which
includes
basic
data
such
as
age,
year
of
joining
the
Party,
income
and
front
in
which
working.
(5) The receipt for the membership fee has to be given to the member concerned.
Under Article IX :
Membership
Fee
Renewals: (Explanation: Article IX, Clause I states that the annual membership fee is to be paid by a member by “March end of each year to the branch or unit secretary by the member concerned.”
If membership fees are deposited only by March end to the units, by the time it is forwarded to the District/State Committees, it takes time. So in practice now the CC gets the consolidated membership fees from the State over a varied period of time. Now the duration stretches from April to December even. There has to be a cut-off date by which the membership fees should reach the Centre.)
Rules
(1)
Renewal
of
Party
membership
each
year
must
be
completed
by
March
31st.
(2)
The
State
Committees
must
deposit
the
membership
fees
with
the
Centre
by
31st
May
each
year.
(3)
In
case
of
any
contingency
the
date
can
only
be
extended
by
the
Central
Committee/PB.
(4)
New
enrolment
during
the
current
year
of
candidate
membership
fees
to
be
remitted
by
the
end
of
the
year
or
before.
Note:
New
enrolment
of
candidate
members
(after
the
renewal
period)
continues
throughout
the
year.
Their
fees
are
to
be
deposited
with
the
Central
Committee
separately.
Under
Article
X:
Party
Levy
Rules
1.
Party
members
levy
rates:
The
Central
Committee
decides
that
the
levy
from
Party
members
shall
be
collected
as
per
the
following
rates:
Upto
Rs.
300
per
month
25
paise
Rs.
301
to
500
per
month
50
paise
Rs.
501
to
1000
per
month
0.5%
Rs.
1001
to
3000
per
month
1
%
Rs.
3001
to
5000
per
month
2
%
Rs.
5001
to
7000
per
month
3
%
Rs.
7001
to
8000
per
month
4
%