New Delhi, Oct 25 (IANS) Faced with electoral reverses in its traditional strongholds of Kerala and West Bengal, the three-day central committee meeting of the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) Monday decided to initiate a “rectification campaign” in the party.
“The process of the rectification campaign at the political, ideological and organisational level is to remove the wrong trends and shortcomings so that the party emerges more unified and strengthened,” party general secretary Prakash Karat said here.

Karat said the rectification document has prepared guidelines for strengthening democratic centralism as the organisational principle of the party, ensuring proper integration of parliamentary and extra-parliamentary work, maintenance of Communist norms and values and remoulding the outlook of the party members towards upholding progressive values.

“Guidelines for conducting the rectification campaign have been set out. The rectification campaign based on this document, will be initiated at all levels of the party,” Karat added.

The CPI-M’s Lok Sabha tally plummetted to 16 seats in the May 2009 general elections from the previous 43 seats it had won nationwide in 2004 polls.