Amidst a strong demand within the party for leadership change in the wake of its electoral rout, CPM general secretary Prakash Karat on Tuesday said the questions raised over the party’s political line will be discussed in its next Central Committee meeting.
He, however, noted that any decision taken in haste would send out a wrong message to party workers. “An in-depth discussion will be held in the Central Committee meet over the questions raised over the party’s political, organisational issues,” Karat said while addressing the concluding session of the two-day state committee meeting in Kolkata on Tuesday.
“The party needs to give a patient hearing to the criticism of party workers and masses and we need to take lessons from it,” he added. A veteran state committee member pointed out that in the ongoing meeting which began on Monday, leaders representing different districts have questioned the present leadership and had stressed on the need for change after the disastrous performance in the recently-concluded general elections.