The Unnichekkan faction opposed the merger of CPI (ML) Red Flag with Kanu Sanyal's Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Class Struggle.

Another issue of disagreement was the question of participation in the World Social Forum, which the Unnichekkan group opposed.

The Unnichekkan faction organised a national conference of their own at the Nayanthahalli Nityananda Dhana Mandiram in Bangalore on 20–21 December 2003, electing a party Central Committee consisting of M.S.

Jayakumar (All India Secretary),[4] Ayyappa Hugar (Karnataka), K. Chandrasekharan (Maharashtra), L. Govindaswami (Tamil Nadu), M.M.

[6][7] The party opposed the 2006 protests against quotas for backward classes in higher education, claiming that the protestors represented a segment of the rich urban elite.

The party called for nationwide agitations to support the introduction of reservations for backward classes in the educational system.

[9] Ahead of the 2009 parliamentary election, the party declared its support for the candidates of the Left Democratic Front, for the sake of securing victory of secular forces.