TIWN
AGARTALA, May 18 (TIWN): After a severe drubbing in the Lok Sabha polls, the top leadership of CPI (M) wants Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar to take greater responsibility of the party at national level, party sources said.The meeting conducted a preliminary review of the party's performance in the elections and examined the various factors which led to the poor results, party leaders said.
The CPI (M) Politburo, at its day-long meeting on Sunday at New Delhi, discussed the results and reviewed the emerging political scenario in the wake of a landslide BJP victory and the performance of the Trinamool Congress in West Bengal.
Basu and Yechury said the Politburo discussed the preliminary reports of the state units on the elections.
The reports on elections and political organization would be placed before the Central Committee for discussion and adoption. Karat has already described the poll results in West Bengal as "distorted" due to the rigging and violence by the Trinamool Congress.
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