Poster on CPI 5th Party Congress – Amritsar 6th to 13th April, 1958

Fifth Congress, From the 5 Congress (1958) onwards party made a three tier leadership system and also introduced de partments and sub-committees.

Central Secretariat Members were Elected 1. Ajoy Ghosh (General Secretary) 2. S.A. Dange 3. Bhupesh Gupta 4. Dr. Z.A. Ahmad 5.B.T. Ranadive 6. PC. Josht 7. A.K. Gopalan 8. M. Hasava Punnaiah

Central Executive Committee Members

1.Ajoy Ghosh 2.A. Dange 3. Bhupesh Gupta 4.Dr. Z.A. Ahmad 5.B.T. Ranadive 6.P.C. Joshi 7.A.K. Gopalan 8.M. Basava Punnaiah 9.E.M.S. Namboodiripad 10.Jyoti Basu 11. P. Ramamurti 12. M.N. Govindan Nair 13.Bhowani Sen 14. C. Rajeswara Rao 15. Prasada Rao 16.K. Damodaran 17.Sohan Singh Josh 18.M.R. Venkatraman 19. Harikishan Singh Surjit 20.Gurcharan Patnaik 21.S.G. Sardesai 22. Ravi Narayan Reddy 23.Romesh Chandra 24.Phani Bora 25.Hare Krishna Konar Ex Officio Member S.V. Ghate (Chairman, CCC)