Sitaram Yechury re-elected as General Secretary of CPI(M)
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Published: Apr 21, 2018, 21:12 IST | Updated: Apr 21, 2018, 21:12 IST
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Yechury had first taken over as the general secretary of the party in 2015 from Karat
Sitaram Yechury has been re-elected as the General Secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) at the 22nd Party Congress in Hyderabad.
His election was approved by the Left party's newly elected 95 members central committee.
Yechury had first taken over as the general secretary of the party in 2015 from Karat.
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