Heaping fresh blame on the CPI(M) for taking "unilateral" decisions, a senior CPI leader and West Bengal minister today said being the largest constituent it has to share major responsibility for election debacles.

"Instead of taking decisions unanimously in the Front, some decisions were taken by the CPI(M) unilaterally, the outcome of which was bad," Srikumar Mukherjee, CPI leader and the minister of state for Home (Civil Defence) said.

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Toeing the line of party general secretary A B Bardhan who has blamed the CPI(M) and the state government for the plunge in the Left's fortunes, the minister said, "I am not saying that partners have no responsibility. But, being the largest constituent, CPI(M) has to share major responsibility."

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