After much introspection on its poll debacle, the CPM is now all set for corrective action.
Top leaders are meeting in Delhi over the weekend to discuss what the party calls a rectification programme.
Ahead of assembly elections in Kerala and West Bengal in 2011, the party is preparing a rectification programme for its cadres.
CPM hopes this will help them find lost support among the masses once again in these states.
The Lok Sabha results saw the Left go down to 16 from 60, the Central Committee noted.
The review of the elections have thrown up instances of the disturbing erosion of party standards and communist values.
The people have noticed parliamentarism leading to open violation of party norms, sabotage of party candidates coming under the influence of money or caste considerations along with cases of corruption, nepotism and behaviour of cadres.
"Whenever we make mistakes, we will also go for correction," said Sitaram Yechury, Politburo Member.
But ironically, both the West Bengal chief minister and the Kerala party chief skipped the meet.
"Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee and Vijyana were not well," said Biman Bose, Politburo Member.
Elections to the Left bastions of Kerala and West Bengal will be held in less than two years time and Lok Sabha elections results have clearly shown that if the Left don't go in for a course correction, retaining these states will be very tough.
