hello mr.george.You dont know any thing about CPM.In CPM karat cannot take decision himself.It is the politburo which decides about important national issues.Only after discussion in central committee of CPM that karat will explain the final decision of the party to media.this will be followed by future discussion (post mortem) ahead of party congress in various ground levels like D.C,L.C,A.C and branch committee(B.C.) who decides the future of prakash karat.