For the first time, former West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee has decided to skip the CPI(M) party congress beginning at Kozhikode tomorrow, amid speculation that he wanted to be relieved of his membership in the central committee and politburo.
Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee has communicated his inability to attend the party congress to CPI(M) general secretary Prakash Karat, party sources told PTI here.
Bhattacharjee was personally requested by Karat to attend the party congress, they said.
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