Prakash Karat

Post-Yechury's death, CPM elects Prakash Karat as interim coordinator of Polit Bureau, central committee

September 29, 2024

Post-Yechury's death, CPM elects Prakash Karat as interim coordinator of Polit Bureau, central committee

Karat will lead the party as interim coordinator until the 24th party congress in April.

May 19, 2023
Karnataka swearing-in: CPM leadership slams Congress for not inviting Kerala, Telangana CMs

Politburo member Prakash Karat has urged the Congress party to put aside its 'narrow outlook' to fight the BJP.
April 10, 2022
Yechury at the CPM helm again

The 69-year-old has been at the helm of the largest left party in India since the 21st Party Congress in Visakhapatnam in April 2015.
October 23, 2021
Who will succeed Yechury as CPM General Secretary? Last chance for Brinda Karat

Yechury's detractors in the party are hopeful this time that a new general secretary can be brought in if Yechury's pro-Congress political line is rejected by the Party Congress.
December 27, 2019
Karat wants 10 more CMs to emulate Pinarayi's stand on NPR

Karat was speaking in a seminar organised to protest against amendments in the Citizenship Act.
November 07, 2019
Prakash Karat urges Kerala govt to 'undo' UAPA charges against student activists

The two student activists were arrested for allegedly distributing pro-Maoist pamphlets.
February 03, 2019
Nirmala to Karats: Kerala may see entry of high-profile new faces in LS polls

The Congress is considering a diplomat, currently on an ambassadorial appointment and keen to join politics, from Palghat.

January 25, 2019
Nirmala to Karats: Kerala may see entry of high-profile new faces in LS polls

The Congress is considering a diplomat, currently on an ambassadorial appointment and keen to join politics, from Palghat.