Kochi, April 5 -- The ongoing 24th party congress of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) in Madurai on Friday adopted a resolution on Palestine condemning Israel's "genocidal attack on Gaza" and demanding an immediate ceasefire.

The resolution was moved by politburo member MA Baby, supported by his colleague G Ramakrishnan and was unanimously adopted in the presence of all the delegates.

The delegates including top leaders of the party such as Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan, politburo members Prakash Karat and Brinda Karat wore the checkered keffiyehs, a Middle-Eastern headdress used to symbolise the Palestine liberation movement, on their backs as they raised slogans in favour of Palestine and adopted the resolution in its f...