New Delhi: The four Left parties, which received a drubbing in the Lok Sabha polls, met here on today to analyse the results and their future course of action.
The meeting at the CPI(M) headquarters was attended by CPI(M)'s Prakash Karat and Sitaram Yechury, CPI's A B Bardhan and D Raja, RSP's T J Chandrachoodan and Forward Bloc's Debabrata Biswas and D Deverajan.
The Left tally was drastically reduced to 24 from the 2004 figure of 61 as it suffered huge setbacks in West Bengal and Kerala.
"We are discussing the reasons of the debacle. We will go through the reasons why we lost. All the parties will also individually need to discuss the issue," Chandrachoodan told reporters before the meeting.
Asked whether aligning with parties like BSP, TDP and JD(S) was a tactical blunder, he said, "I do not think so. Our political line was right."
On whether the Third Front has become irrelevant, he said, "Temporarily it has. But with one defeat, you cannot write it off completely."
He also said meeting of the Third Front allies is unlikely to take place on Monday.
The meeting at the CPI(M) headquarters was attended by CPI(M)'s Prakash Karat and Sitaram Yechury, CPI's A B Bardhan and D Raja, RSP's T J Chandrachoodan and Forward Bloc's Debabrata Biswas and D Deverajan.
The Left tally was drastically reduced to 24 from the 2004 figure of 61 as it suffered huge setbacks in West Bengal and Kerala.
Asked whether aligning with parties like BSP, TDP and JD(S) was a tactical blunder, he said, "I do not think so. Our political line was right."
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He also said meeting of the Third Front allies is unlikely to take place on Monday.
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