New Delhi (PTI) The CPI(M) on day decided to convene a two-day meeting of the Central Committee next week to consider the proposals of the Polit Bureau regarding party affairs in Kerala.

"The Polit Bureau has discussed the organisational issue related to party's Kerala unit. The Polit Bureau decided to convene a meeting of the Central Committee on July 11 and 12 to consider the proposals of the Polit Bureau regarding the party affairs in Kerala," senior party leader Sitaram Yechury told reporters.

The Polit Bureau on Saturday met here to find an end to the "disunity" in its Kerala unit and the open turf war between top leaders.

The two-day meeting was attended by CPI(M) General Secretary Prakash Karat, S. Ramachandran Pillai, Biman Bose, V.S. Achuthanandan and Pinarayi Vijayan among others.

West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee was not attending the meeting.

The extraordinary two-day meeting comes in the backdrop of intense factional fight in its Kerala unit where Chief Minister Achuthanandan and party state Secretary Vijayan are on a war path.

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