Politics
Karat, who has headed the CPI-M since 2005, comes in with a team of 14 other Polit Bureau members
The Communist Party of India (Marxist) Congress, today, 9 April 2012, re-elected Prakash Karat as its general secretary for his third consecutive term.
Karat, who has headed the CPI-M since 2005, comes in with a team of 14 other Polit Bureau members that has three new comers-Centre for Trade Union President-AK Padmanabhan from Tamil Nadu, Leader of the Opposition in West Bengal Assembly, Surjya Kanta Mishra and Kerala legislator M A Baby.
Besides Karat and three new members, the newly elected Polit Bureau includes Sitaram Yechury, S Ramachandran Pillai, Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, Biman Basu, K Vardha Rajan, Brinda Karat, BV Raghavulu, Nirupam Sen, Pinarayi Vijayana, Kodiyeri Balakirhsnan and Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar.
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