Inside The Iconic Canteen Of CPM, Lunch Or Dinner Just For Rs 12 | Communist Party CPM | News18

Inside The Iconic Canteen Of CPM, Lunch Or Dinner Just For Rs 12 | Communist Party CPM | News18

‘This is a Marxist-Leninist Lunch’: At Rs 12 a Plate, Time and Tab Stand Still at the Iconic CPM Canteen

Beyond the dense foliage of Gulhar, Shatoosh, Peepal, Neem, Banyan and Ashoka trees that line the road to CPI(M) headquarters on Bhai Veer Singh Marg, time stands still in the ground floor canteen of AK Gopalan Bhavan. And so does the price.

The austere mess and its humble fare of chapathi, sabzi, dal, rice – all for Rs 12 a plate – offers more than just subsidised food to veteran leaders, referred to as ‘whole-timers’, and foot soldiers. It preserves the basic tenets and soul of the Communist party; a retreat where ‘whole-timers’, workers and even party applicants break bread across the table from each other.

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