Congress sees red as Yechury loses out

CPI-M Kerala unit voted against a proposal to re-elect Sitaram Yechury to Rajya Sabha

Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) members of Parliament (MP), particularly those from Kerala, can be seen scurrying for cover when approached by members of other Opposition parties, particularly the Congress. Kerala MPs of the CPI-M are being pilloried because the state unit voted against a proposal to re-elect party General Secretary Sitaram Yechury to the Rajya Sabha. Yechury was set to be re-elected from West Bengal with the support of the Congress, but the party faction closer to former general secretary Prakash Karat opposed the move. Opposition leaders — from the likes of former prime minister Manmohan Singh to former