New Delhi: In what may well be called a damage control exercise, the Left, which had been under severe criticism after the violence in West Bengal's Nandigram, met in Delhi on Saturday.
The politburo and Central Committee of the CPM met to figure a way to improve the party's image after the Nandigram fiasco, where 14 innocent villagers were killed in police violence.
West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharya, who recently admitted that Nandigram was a mistake, came under the scanner as many senior party leaders felt that its supporters have have drifted away from the party after Nandigram.
On the first day of the three-day, the members also debated the strategy for the forthcoming UP Assembly polls and the Supreme Court stay on OBC quota in higher educational institutions.
The party believes that SC judgement was "logically inconsistent" as a two-judge bench had gone against a verdict on OBC job quota given by a nine-judge Constitution bench in 1992.
"It is a very serious issue that the court has stayed a near unanimous legislation of Parliament. While it is the right of the Legislature to make laws, it is a right of the Judiciary to interpret them. We think this delicate balance has now come into question," PTI qouted politburo member Sitaram Yechury as saying.
During the next two days, party members will also discuss ways to prevent division of secular votes in UP to prevent the BJP from coming to power.
In Uttar Pradesh, CPI(M) is contesting alone in the Assembly polls while its Left allies like CPI and Forward Bloc have aligned with V P Singh-led Jan Morcha alliance and Mulayam Singh's Samajwadi Party respectively.
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