Change in CPM programme has begun 8212; Basu

Taking a dig at the media, he said it 8220;read more into it than actually required. We have nothing to hide from people.8221; Referring to recent reports about 8220;the division within the party8217;s liberal and hardliner camps8221;, he said, 8220;show me a party which is more democratic than ours.8221; He, however, admitted that 8220;there could be mistakes and organisational weakness in the party, but we arehere to rectify that8221;.

Basu8217;s statement assumes political importance in the wake of CPM8217;s decision to show-cause rebel Saifuddin Chowdhury and state committee8217;s censure of party leader Subhas Chakraborty for having 8220;taking the matters to Press8221;.