CPI(M) today included 19 new members into its central committee and another two new faces into the politburo, the highest body of the Left party, on the concluding day of the five-day party congress in Hyderabad.
The new 95-member central committee - including the 19 members (one seat has been kept vacant for a woman candidate) - elected the politburo, which included two new faces. However, a member - A K Padmanabhan - was dropped from the politburo.
Sitaram Yechury, who was unanimously elected the general secretary of the party for a second consecutive term, listed out the names of the 19 new central committee members:
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