WB CPM members to stay away from polit bureau meet

Kolkata, Mar 20 (UNI) The CPI(M) members from West Bengal will remain absent in the central Polit Bureau meeting to be held in New Delhi tomorrow.

CITU All India President and Polit Bureau member M K Pandhe told reporters here today that the members from the state will be unable to attend the meeting tomorrow due to the critical condition of CPI(M) State Secretary Anil Biswas.

The main point on the agenda for tomorrow's meet in Delhi is likely to be the factional clash of the party in Kerala.

Mr Biswas, who had a cerebral attack on March 17, is admitted to a private nursing home in the city and is stated to be stable but in critical condition. This has incraesed the flurry of activity in the state with the assembly elections knocking the door.

West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee and Left Front Chairman Biman Bose will share the responsibility of organising the party before the polls.

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