Being wary and worried, particularly after the back-to-back poll drubbing in Bengal, the CPI(M) after a two-day brain-storming state committee meeting has decided to go back to its basics — streamlining it’s organisational skill and applying more stringently its mantra of democratic centralism.
“We have to be more alert to streamline our organisation by correcting our lapses that led to the defeats. It is only by applying strictly the line of democratic centralism and reaching out to the people that we will be able to face the onslaught of the anarchist forces in the state,” state party secretary Biman Bose said in his concluding speech on Sunday. He further added that the party’s views have to be boldly put before the people to go forward with confidence.
“We need to have a detail analysis within the party to point out the organisational and political lapses that led to our defeat in the civic polls. We also need to mobilise the masses for the implementation of pro-poor and pro-working class policies of the state government,” said a statement issued by the party state committee.
“In spite of proper implementation of development policies and several pro-people projects in civic areas, the party had to face defeat. We have to be more careful to find out the reasons behind it,” a state committee member said, adding that there are victories and defeats in elections, but ignoring the results we must carry forward with our development programmes involving the masses.
Significantly, party satraps, including party boss Prakash Karat and two politburo members Sitaram Yechury and S.R. Pillai, were also present in the two-day state committee meeting before the crucial extended Central committee meeting to be held on August 7 to 10. Sources said that because of the strong resistance from Bengal leaders, the Central committee was unable to give shape to the political strategy for the election in 2011.