A two-day CPI-M state secretariat to discuss preparations for the coming Lok Sabha polls and party issues began in Thiruvananthapuram on Friday.

CPI-M general secretary Prakash Karat is attending the meeting, party sources said.
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The meeting will examine the health of the party organisation and its chances in the Lok Sabha election.
The set-back the party suffered in the recently held by-polls in Shornur municipal council would also come up for discussion at the meeting, the sources said.
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