Several Left Front members on Thursday blamed the Communist Party of India-Marxist for going overboard on the alliance with the Congress at the cost of Left partners and caused a dismal performance in the hustings.

"We told the CPI-M that there is a need for serious introspection as why this debacle happened. The CPI-M had gone overboard on the alliance with Congress, even at the cost of Left partners. They had forgotten their old friends. The result shows that people have not accepted this alliance," Revolutionary Socialist Party state secretary Khsiti Goswami said.

The CPI-M on Thursday had to face severe criticism from most of the Left Front partners at the Left Front meeting, where the partners questioned various decisions of the party.

"The CPI-M district leadership in many places have worked against the officially nominated Left Front candidates in places where there was friendly fights with the Congress," another Front partner said.

Several party leaders also questioned the style of functioning of the top CPI-M leadership.

"The Left Front government was formed out of mass struggles. But the top party leadership is now more interested in committee meetings and public rallies rather than mass contact. Until and unless you have mass contact, how will you find out your lacunae," party leader Manash Mukherjee, who won from Kamarhati seat, said.