The Communist Party of India is planning to add new rungs to its organisational ladder and bring about more radical changes in social composition of the ‘‘proletarian’’ party with induction of ‘‘working class’’ members. At the 19th congress, the party will discuss a proposal to create more posts in its structure.To start with, it will soon roll out a red carpet for a new deputy general secretary. Andhra Pradesh CPI leader Sudhakar Reddy is the most likely candidate for the new post as the party plans to give him a national profile. ‘‘Effort must be made for preparing a second rank leadership of comrades, mainly at the central and state levels, who will be ready and equipped to assure the leadership at proper time.Young comrades should be prepared for this,’’ says the organisational report to be presented by general secretary A.B. Bardhan on Friday. The party is also worried about its social composition — the last session’s report shows that of 660 delegates, only 192 were from the working class. ‘‘Party must take conscious efforts to recruit members from from among SC, ST and backward class sections of the society and all minorities. Cadre from these sections must be properly trained, promoted and placed in committees and leaderships,’’ says the report.The report laments that many of the decisions taken to strengthen the organisation have not been implemented. ‘‘The trend is like a cancer which can affect the vitals of party organisation.’’
