It's official: Sitaram Yechury is new CPI-M general secretary

April 19, 2015 13:09

Just in: The Communist Party of India has elected Sitaram Yechury as the new general secretary.

Yechury is the fifth general secretary of the 50-year-old party.

He replaces Prakash Karat who has stepped down after three terms.

Image: Former CPI-M General Secretary Prakash Karat and Sitaram Yechury, Manik Sarkar and Brinda Karat at the party's 21st National Congress in Visakhapatnam. Photograph: PTI Photo

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