India News | Reported by Sandeep Phukan, Edited by Shyam Balasubramanian (With inputs from agencies) | Sunday April 19, 2015
Sitaram Yechury has been unanimously elected the new general secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist). His name was proposed for the post by outgoing party chief Prakash Karat and veteran S Ramachandran Pillai, who had initially been in the race for the post.
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