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CPI(M) sees conflict between Yechury, Karat factions

The struggle might reach a flashpoint during the Party Congress in April

File photo: CPI (M) General Secretary Sitaram Yechury

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CPI (M) General Secretary Sitaram Yechury during the ongoing monsoon session at Parliament, in New Delhi.

Last Updated : Sep 08 2017 | 1:01 AM IST

The Communist Party of India (Marxist) is headed for a showdown between party chief Sitaram Yechury and the faction that former party chief Prakash Karat leads. The flashpoint is likely to be reached in the coming months when the party central committee sits to discuss its draft political resolution for the next Party Congress in Hyderabad from April 18 to 22.

Karat, including several of the party's Kerala unit leaders, have argued in the Politburo that the CPI (M) should fight against the Narendra Modi-led Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government and its policies, but not have any leaning towards the

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