In its first review of the historic defeat of the Left Front government in West Bengal after 32 years, the CPI(M) has virtually accepted that withdrawal of support to the UPA-I government in 2008 allowed the anti-Left forces to come together “to attack the Left in Bengal — the strongest base of the Left in the country”.
It raises the concern that the “loss... can give rise to political confusion and ideological questions” for party members.