Has the Left learnt any lessons from the 2019 Lok Sabha elections? Absolutely not, going by the CPI(M)’s political resolution discussed at its 24th Congress at Madurai in Tamil Nadu.
Resolution, adopted in February, was criticised by Kerala Congress & a section of the Left for allegedly stopping short of calling BJP-led Centre a 'fascist or neo-fascist government'.
Bringing CPI(M) state units under one fold ahead of polls in Kerala, West Bengal will be Baby’s first task as general secretary. Post had been vacant since Sitaram Yechury's death.
With the sudden demise last year of CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury, the 24th congress of the party will also select a new leader for the post.
CPI(M) political resolution will allow an understanding with the Congress, in tune with Yechury’s line, which had earlier been rejected by Central Committee.
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