Sharp polarisation between TMC and BJP led to West Bengal poll debacle, says CPI(M)
The Hindu
Besides identity politics & Bengali sentiment, we could not reach out to the people with our views properly, it says
Almost a month after the , the State committee of the CPI(M) came out with its assessment on the humiliating defeat pointing out at a number of factors the primary being steep polarisation between the Trinamool Congress and the BJP. “There has been sharp polarisation between the TMC and the BJP. This is probably the main reason for such results. Idealism, democracy and issues of lives and livelihood of the people have taken a back seat. It will be wrong to attribute the results to communal polarisation,” the State committee said. The committee met on Saturday and 46 members participated in the assessment which described the reasons for its poor performance as both “political and organisational”. “Our call for an alternative government was rejected. We could not reach out to the people with our views properly. People did not have confidence in our front and policies,” it said in a statement on Sunday.More Related News