Surjeet, Basu finally get to hang their boots
Two founding leaders of the CPM - Harkishan Singh Surjeet and Jyoti Basu - on Thursday relinquished their full-fledged membership of the polit bureau.
By Amita Shah, TNN |
COIMBATORE: Two founding leaders of the CPM ��� Harkishan Singh Surjeet and Jyoti Basu ��� on Thursday relinquished their full-fledged membership of the polit bureau. The two leaders were members of the panel for 44 years.
Mr Basu, however, will be a special invitee to the polit bureau. Mr Surjeet will remain an invitee to the Central Committee.
The party congress, which re-elected Mr Prakash Karat as CPM general secretary, also brought in three new faces into the polit bureau ��� West Bengal industry minister Nirupam Sen, Kerala home minister Kodiyeri Balakrishnan and CITU general secretary Mohd Amin.
Mr Balakrishnan���s inclusion is aimed at signalling the Kerala unit leaders that key factional leaders will not find position in the top decision-making body of the party. The state education minister MA Baby was a contender, but lost out because he was too identified with the dominant faction in the state led by Mr Pinarayi Vijayan. Besides, Mr Baby does not share a good rapport with Mr Sitaram Yechury.
Mr Sen���s selection will send out reassuring signals to the investing community. As industry minister, Mr Sen has been arguing for changes in the party���s economic outlook.
Besides Mr Karat, the party congress retained Kerala chief minister V S Achuthanandan, his West Bengal and Tripura counterparts Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee and Manik Sarkar, Mr Sitaram Yechury, CITU president M K Pandhe, Mr Pinarayi Vijayan, Mr S Ramachanran Pillai and Mr Biman Bose in the politburo. Mr K Varadarajan, Mr B V Raghavulu and Ms Brinda Karat are the other members.
The party congress also elected a 87-member new Central Committee, inducting 17 new members. The members include Kerala finance minister Thomas Issac and Bengal minister Gautam Deb.
Mr Basu, however, will be a special invitee to the polit bureau. Mr Surjeet will remain an invitee to the Central Committee.
The party congress, which re-elected Mr Prakash Karat as CPM general secretary, also brought in three new faces into the polit bureau ��� West Bengal industry minister Nirupam Sen, Kerala home minister Kodiyeri Balakrishnan and CITU general secretary Mohd Amin.
Mr Balakrishnan���s inclusion is aimed at signalling the Kerala unit leaders that key factional leaders will not find position in the top decision-making body of the party. The state education minister MA Baby was a contender, but lost out because he was too identified with the dominant faction in the state led by Mr Pinarayi Vijayan. Besides, Mr Baby does not share a good rapport with Mr Sitaram Yechury.
Mr Sen���s selection will send out reassuring signals to the investing community. As industry minister, Mr Sen has been arguing for changes in the party���s economic outlook.
Besides Mr Karat, the party congress retained Kerala chief minister V S Achuthanandan, his West Bengal and Tripura counterparts Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee and Manik Sarkar, Mr Sitaram Yechury, CITU president M K Pandhe, Mr Pinarayi Vijayan, Mr S Ramachanran Pillai and Mr Biman Bose in the politburo. Mr K Varadarajan, Mr B V Raghavulu and Ms Brinda Karat are the other members.
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The party congress also elected a 87-member new Central Committee, inducting 17 new members. The members include Kerala finance minister Thomas Issac and Bengal minister Gautam Deb.
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