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CPI(M) Baby cites false perception after Kerala losses
The Hindu··14 Sept
CPI(M) general secretary M.A. Baby said a false perception against Left forces helped drive recent Kerala reverses. Opening a three-day State committee meeting on September 13, 2026, he said the party failed to expose that narrative. He linked post-2021 campaigns to claims of an RSS and BJP deal. Talks run through September 14, with a report due September 15.
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What It Means For You
- Kerala CPI(M) cadres are reviewing Central and State documents meant to guide a post-election revival.
- District secretariat members and mass organisation leaders are inside the three-day extended meeting.
- A fresh State committee report is slated after deliberations close on September 15.
What's Happening
- Baby said Left forces were not alert enough to the construction of a false perception.
- M.V. Govindan presented guidelines drawn from the Central Committee election review on Sunday.
- At least nine Polit Bureau members, including Pinarayi Vijayan, are attending the meeting.
How Baby Framed Past Votes
- He cited the 1958-59 Liberation Struggle against the EMS Namboodiripad government as an early false-perception case.
- He said the undivided CPI vote share rose by four percentage points in 1960 after that dismissal.
- Party sources said the State committee will prepare another report from the September 15 outcome.
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