Coalition Not a Partys Monopoly

KOLLAM:  Clearly expressing the displeasure over the CPM’s big brother attitude within the LDF coalition, C Divakaran  MLA said here that a political coalition was not the monopoly of a single party.He said that a coalition attains strength only when all the parties get their due recognition. However, dodging questions about CPI- CPM rift, he said that the ties in the LDF coalition would continue to be stronger.Announcing the schedule of the 21st CPI state conference that will be held here from February 7 to 11, reception committee chairman C Divakaran MLA said that the conference would be a gala event, as the party conference was making a return to the district, where the party had a strong base, after a gap of 37 years. As a prelude to the event, several seminars, exhibitions, documentary screenings, literary and cultural competitions would be conducted from February 1. The conference is held as a forerunner to the 21st Party Congress to be held in Patna from March 27 to 31.