Following the setback for the Left Democratic Front (LDF) in the Kerala local body polls, CPI state secretary and former Rajya Sabha MP Binoy Viswam speaks to The Indian Express, reflecting on the loss, the need for introspection, and what the Left must do months before the Assembly elections. Excerpts:

* What factors led to the unprecedented setback for the LDF in the Kerala local body polls?

It is the verdict of the people and in that regard, we regard this as a lesson from which we need to learn, not just the CPI but the Left as a whole. We should collectively as well as individually review the verdict in the spirit that people are bigger and mightier than any leader. When we learn the lessons, we have to ask ourselves what went wrong with us.

* Did you expect such a result?

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