KOZHIKODE: As far as the membership of women in the CPM is concerned, the total number in 2011 comes around 1.07 cr which is nearly 15 lakh short of the figure in 2010. In 2008, the number of membership stood at 1.19 crore. Again, the major shortfall is reported in Bengal where the woman’s front lost around 19 lakh members since 2008. The total number of members in 2011 is stated as 41.76 lakh while the number was 60.45 lakh in 2008. However, woman members increased in Kerala from 39.2 lakh to 42.4 lakh. In the case of student membership, the total number in 2010-11 stood at 41.7 lakh while it was 43.27 lakh during the 2007-08 period. The major decrease in membership was reported in West Bengal, Tripura, Andhra Pradesh, Assam and Karnataka. The number of memberships on the student front in Kerala showed a steady growth with the number of delagates increasing to 12.67 lakh in 2010-11 from 10.95 lakh in 2007-08 term.CPM’s 19th Party Congress, in its political-organisational report, had expressed dissatisfaction in the membership campaign for women and youth despite both registering an increase of 36 percent and 20 percent, respectively. It had directed that more efforts should be made to recruit more women and youth into the party.
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