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Sitaram Yechury re-elected as CPI(M) general secretary

PTI | Hyderabad Updated: April 22, 2018 14:26 IST
yechury-cpim-pti CPI(M) Central Committee member and freedom fighter Mallu Swarajyam hoists the party flag in the presence of CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury, Subhashini Ali and other party members at the inaugural session of the 5-day-long 22nd Congress of the CPI(M) at RTC Kalyana Mandapam in Hyderabad | PTI

The CPI(M) today unanimously elected Sitaram Yechury as its general secretary at its 22nd party congress here.

His election to the post for the second time was approved by the Left party's newly-elected 95-member central committee.

The 65-year-old leader had taken over as general secretary of the CPI(M) from Prakash Karat in the 21st party congress, which was held in Visakhapatnam, in 2015.

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