Thiruvananthapuram, Sept. 14 -- Months after the crushing debacle in the assembly elections, the top leadership of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI[M]) gathered in Kozhikode for the three-day extended state committee meeting on Sunday, vowing to fix its organisational lapses identified through multi-tier internal reviews.

Paloli Muhammad Kutty, its senior-most leader, hoisted the party flag, while general secretary MA Baby delivered the inaugural address.

A draft report prepared by the state secretariat on the review of the Assembly election defeat, held at multiple levels of the party, was presented at the meeting in Kozhikode on Sunday, with the floor later thrown open for debate among party leaders. The debate will extend ...