Sitaram Yechury, 62, took over as the fifth general secretary of CPM on 19th April 2015 on the unanimous choice of the party’s new 91-member central committee. He was selected as general secretary at the party’s 21st Congress held in the port city of Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh.

He takes over from Prakash Karat. Yechury’s election as general secretary met with some challenge from the Kerala committee which preferred 77-year-old S Ramachandran Pillai.

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• Sitaram Yechury
  •  Sitaram Yechury  is an Indian politician and a leader of the Communist Party of India (Marxist).
  • He was elected as its General Secretary on 19 April 2015.
  • He is a member of the politburo of CPI (M) and the party’s Parliamentary group leader.
  • Yechury is known for bringing several popular issues to the notice of parliament and for raising questions on important issues.