In an apparent attempt to galvanise the demoralised supporters, the Left Front on Tuesday hit the streets for the first time after losing power in the state, with a pledge to fight back.
Ironically, the responsibility for bringing the party ranks and file out of the shock of the poll defeat, fell on the shoulders of the same man who is held responsible for the Left Front’s most humiliating debacle: Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee.
The former chief minister who himself was shell-shocked after the drubbing of the Left Front and his own defeat in Jadavpur constituency, was on Tuesday in a surprisingly belligerent mood.
Mr Bhattacharjee wanted to convey the message to both his own party workers and the ruling Trinamul Congress that the Lefts may have been defeated in the Assembly election but it is not a spent force and are not going to take the defeat lying down.
“It is true that we were defeated in the election but it must be kept in mind that one crore ninety five lakh people have voted for the Left Front,” Mr Bhattacharjee added.
It was apparent that Mr Bhattacharjee was trying to boost up the sagging morale of the Left Front workers.