Kathmandu, Dec 27 (IANS): The Prachanda-led Unified Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist (UCPN-M) has begun internal deliberations for re-building the party after its humiliating performance in the recently held Constituent Assembly elections, party leaders said Friday.

The party is holding a politburo meeting to chalk out the future political course and prepare a detailed action plan about revamping the weak organisation that led to the party's defeat, Xinhua reported.

Party leaders have suggested the leadership to start massive campaign from grass-root level to strengthen the party's organisational structure.

In the meeting, former prime minister and senior party leader Baburam Bhattarai has proposed to set up new organisational structure for rebuilding the party.

"We are discussing a detail plan for strengthening the party organisation and formulating a new policy," Maoist's spokesperson Agni Sapkota said.

The Maoist party became Nepal's largest party in 2008 with a landslide victory in the Constituent Assembly elections.

But in the Nov 19 elections, the party performed dismally, scoring a distant third after the Nepali Congress and the Communist Party of Nepal-Unified Marxist Leninist (CPN-UML).

Party leaders said their communist ideals are fast eroding and there is a need to revive the party's original agenda and structure.