The party is not too keen to take V.S.Achuthanandan back into the politburo?

The enlarged central committee meeting has been over a long time ago and subsequent PB meetings have discussed other matters too, but there is no inkling about seniormost CPM leader and Kerala Chief Minister V.S.Achuthanandan back into the politburo.

It seems VS is resigned to the fate that he would not be re-elevated to the highest executive body of the party in which the seniormost leader had a pride of place until comparatively newer members had consolidated their position.

Also it seems old war horses need not entertain hopes of rekindling the party with old views which have no moorings in the present dispensation. Perhaps the party does not want to live a life as in a social set-up of a century ago.

The PB is having a two-day sitting in Kolkata to take stock of various ongoing affairs and to plan ahead as to how to campaign for the ensuing Assembly elections in April-May next year. The party would try to retain its governance in Kerala and West Bengal, which is a difficult proposition in the given situation.

Meanwhile, VS has infuriated those who matter by seeking CBI inquiry into the outside lottery mafia in Kerala.

Perhaps, he is convinced that there is no gain by kowtowing to the official line in Kerala as well as at the central level in the party.