| Sitaram Yechury elected new CPI(M) general secretary |
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Apr 19,
The Communist Party of India (Marxist) has elected Polit Bureau member Sitaram Yechury as the new general secretary of the party. He was unanimously elected as General Secretary of the Party in its 21st Congress in Visakhapatnam today.
At the meeting of the Central Committee, outgoing general secretary Prakash Karat proposed Mr Yechury’s name and SR Pillai seconded it. Mr Yechury is the fifth general secretary of the 50-year-old party. He replaces Prakash Karat who has stepped down after three terms.
Earlier, veteran leaders V.S. Achuthanandan, Buddhadeb Bhattacharya and Nirupam Sen were dropped from the Central Committee.
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