The two-day CPI(M) state committee meeting, which began yesterday in the presence of party general secretary Sitaram Yechury, witnessed heated exchanges among the state committee members, who questioned the 'logic' behind calling the strike.
The 12-hour shutdown had failed miserably and Left Front chairman Biman Bose was forced to admit as much, accepting that "the party will take lessons from the failure of the strike".
In fact, after the strike fiasco, the Left Front had shied away from organising any protest or rally on the demonetisation issue.
A section of leaders during the meeting observed that the strike constituted a short cut to protest and is nothing but an attempt to avoid long duration struggle.
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The party's state leadership, led by state secretary and politburo member Surya Kanta Mishra, has been on the line of fire of several state committee members ever since the party's dismal performance in the last Assembly poll when the Marxist party forged an alliance with the Congress in the state.
Another section of state committee members urged the leadership to hit the roads on the demonetisation issue rather than intending "to bring about a revolution and change through social media posts".
Meanwhile, politburo member Mohammed Salim was brought in replacing legislative party leader Sujan Chakraborty to strengthen the party's youth wing which once was the backbone of the party.
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