The Hindu

Assembly poll 2026: CPI(M) commences post-poll debacle stock-taking exercise as it realises there is no magic bullet

The debilitating rout, especially in the partys strongholds, has thrown up some big questions regarding the partys campaign strategy, organisational cohesiveness, candidate finalisation, and efficacy of its political operations, including whether misplaced confidence of an inevitable third consecutive term in power had imbued the partys electioneering with complacency from the booth level and upwards