Karats out of politburo, former Kerala minister Baby named CPM general secretary | India News – The Times of India
MADURAI/T’PURAM: CPM politburo member Mariam Alexander Baby was appointed Sunday as the party’s new general secretary, becoming only the second from Kerala to hold the position after the state’s first CM EMS Namboodiripad. Baby, 71, succeeded the late Sitaram Yechury at CPM’s 24th congress in Madurai.Former general secretary Prakash Karat, who briefly served as interim…