Balakrishnan re-elected CPI(M) State secretary

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K. Balakrishnan has been re-elected the State secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) for the second consecutive term.

He was elected at the party's 23rd State conference that concluded here on Friday.

The 70-year-old, who was the first State president of the Students' Federation of India, has also served as a State/district-level functionary of the Tamil Nadu Vivasayigal Sangam and the Cuddalore district secretary of the party. He was elected State secretary first in 2018. He was jailed several times for having participated in various protests.

A 15-member State executive committee and an 80-member State committee were elected at the conference.

The meeting, in which over 500 representatives from across Tamil Nadu took part, discussed various issues faced by the people of the State and passed over 60 resolutions. The party’s national leaders, Sitaram Yechury and Prakash Karat, were among those who addressed the participants.

Addressing the media, Mr. Balakrishnan said the party had resolved to assume a leading role in taking on the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Sangh Parivar, and prevent them from setting foot in Tamil Nadu.