AGARTALA: Former chief minister of Tripura – Manik Sarkar – has advised the leaders and workers of the CPI-M party to “focus on issues related to common people”.
Manik Sarkar urged CPI-M leaders and workers in Tripura to visit villages in the state and organise programmes on local issues to win the hearts of the people.
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The former Tripura chief minister claimed that there is a need for self-introspection among CPI-M leaders in the Northeast state.
It may be mentioned here that CPI-M led Left Front had ruled Tripura for 35 years between 1978 and 1988 and 1993 to 2018.
“Before 2018, CPI-M had 88,000 active members, which came down to 45,000 after the 2018 assembly polls,” Manik Sarkar said.
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The CPI-M veteran added: “The downfall is steep taking into consideration that the state has around 42 lakh people.”
Speaking on the need to CPI-M to revitalise itself, the former Tripura CM said: “The local party units must adopt a matured approach while selecting the issues.”
He said: “The people will accept the issues which are not relevant to their lives. The party’s frontal wings shall organise the people to organise agitation on people’s issues.”