Central Committee of the Communist Party of India (Marxist)
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TypeHighest decision-making organ when Party Congress is not in session.
Elected byParty Congress
Length of termThree years
Establishedby 7th Party Congress on 7 November 1964; 61 years ago (1964-11-07)
Central Committee of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
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| Overview | |
| Type | Highest decision-making organ when Party Congress is not in session. |
| Elected by | Party Congress |
| Length of term | Three years |
| History | |
| Established | by 7th Party Congress on 7 November 1964; 61 years ago (1964-11-07) |
| Leadership | |
| General Secretary | M.A. Baby |
| Executive organ | Politburo |
| Operational organ | Central Secretariat |
| Disciplinary organ | Central Control Commission |
| Elections | |
| Last election | 6 April 2025 |
The Central Committee is the second-highest body of the Communist Party of India (Marxist). The members of the Central Committee are elected at the Congress of the Party, which occurs every three years.
The All-India Party Congress, typically convened every three years, serves as the supreme authority of the CPI(M).[1] Between sessions of the Party Congress, the Central Committee functions as the highest decision-making body.[1] The Central Committee elects a Politburo from among its members, including the General Secretary, who is the party's principal leader.[1]
24th Central Committee
Members
Andhra Pradesh
| Name | Photo | Various positions | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| B. V. Raghavulu |  |
Member of Polit Bureau[2] Former Andhra Pradesh State Secretary |
Old |
| V. Srinivasa Rao |  |
Andhra Pradesh State Secretary[3] | Old |
| K. Hemalata |  |
CITU National Vice President | Old |
| Sunkara Punyavati | Old | ||
| R. Arun Kumar | _(cropped).jpg){kind=small} |
Member of Polit Bureau[2] Former SFI All India President |
Old |
| K. Lokanadham | New | ||
| D. Rama Devi | New | ||
Assam
| Name | Photo | Various positions | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| Suprakash Talukdar |  |
Assam State Secretary | Old |
| Isfaqur Rahman |  |
Member of Assam State Secretariat | Old |
Bihar
| Name | Photo | Various positions | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lalan Choudhary | Bihar State Secretary | Old | |
| Awadhesh Kumar | Former Bihar State Secretary AIKS National Joint Secretary |
Old | |
Delhi
| Name | Photo | Various positions | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anurag Saxena | Delhi State Secretary CITU Delhi State Secretary |
New | |
Gujarat
| Name | Photo | Various positions | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hitendra Bhatt | Gujarat State Secretary | New | |
Haryana
| Name | Photo | Various positions | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prem Chand | Haryana State Secretary | New | |
Himachal Pradesh
| Name | Photo | Various positions | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vikram Singh |  |
Former SFI General Secretary[4] | Old |
| Sanjay Chauhan | .png) |
Himachal Pradesh State Secretary Former Mayor of Shimla Municipal Corporation |
New |
Jammu and Kashmir
| Name | Photo | Various positions | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mohammed Yousuf Tarigami |  |
Old | |
Jharkhand
| Name | Photo | Various positions | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prakash Viplav | Jharkhand State Secretary | Old | |
Karnataka
| Name | Photo | Various positions | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| K.N. Umesh |  |
CITU National Secretary | Old |
| K. Prakash | Karnataka State Secretary | New | |
Kerala
| Name | Photo | Various positions | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pinarayi Vijayan |  |
Member of Polit Bureau[2] Chief Minister of Kerala |
Old |
| M. A. Baby |  |
General Secretary Member of Polit Bureau[2] |
Old |
| A. Vijayaraghavan |  |
Member of Polit Bureau[2] | Old |
| M. V. Govindan |  |
Member of Polit Bureau[2] Kerala State Secretary |
Old |
| P. K. Sreemathy |  |
Old | |
| E. P. Jayarajan |  |
Old | |
| T. M. Thomas Isaac |  |
Old | |
| K. K. Shailaja |  |
Old | |
| Elamaram Kareem |  |
Old | |
| K. Radhakrishnan |  |
Old | |
| K. N. Balagopal |  |
Old | |
| P. Rajeeve |  |
Old | |
| P. Sathidevi | Old | ||
| C. S. Sujatha |  |
Old | |
| Viswanath Muralidharan | _Muralidharan_Viswanath.jpg) |
Old | |
| Vijoo Krishnan |  |
Old | |
| A.R. Sindhu |  |
Old | |
| T. P. Ramakrishnan |  |
New | |
| Puthalath Dinesan |  |
New | |
| K. S. Saleekha | New | ||
Madhya Pradesh
| Name | Photo | Various positions | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jaswinder Singh |  |
Madhya Pradesh State Secretary | Old |
Maharashtra
| Name | Photo | Various positions | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ashok Dhawale |  |
Member of Polit Bureau[2] | Old |
| Rajendra Sharma | Member of Central Secretariat Editor of Loklahar |
Old | |
| Mariam Dhawale |  |
Member of Polit Bureau[2] | Old |
| Ajit Nawale |  |
Maharashtra State Secretary | New |
| Vinod Bhiva Nikole | New | ||
Odisha
| Name | Photo | Various positions | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| Suresh Chandra Panigrahy | Odisha State Secretary | New | |
Punjab
| Name | Photo | Various positions | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sukhwinder Singh Sekhon |  |
Punjab State Secretary | Old |
Rajasthan
| Name | Photo | Various positions | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amra Ram |  |
Member of Polit Bureau[2] AIKS National Vice President Former Rajasthan State Secretary MP in Lok Sabha |
Old |
| Kishan Pareek |  |
Rajasthan State Secretary | New |
Tamil Nadu
| Name | Photo | Various positions | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| K. Balakrishnan | .jpg) |
Member of Polit Bureau[2] Former Tamil Nadu State Secretary |
Old |
| U. Vasuki |  |
Member of Polit Bureau[2] | Old |
| P. Sampath | Old | ||
| P. Shanmugam | Old | ||
| R. Karumalaiyan | Old | ||
| N. Gunashekaran | New | ||
| K. Balabharathi | _Politician.jpg) |
New | |
Telangana
| Name | Photo | Various positions | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tammineni Veerabhadram |  |
Former Telangana State Secretary | Old |
| John Wesley | Telangana State Secretary | New | |
| S. Veeraiah | New | ||
| T. Jyothi | New | ||
| Mandhadapu Saibabu | Treasurer of CITU | New | |
Tripura
| Name | Photo | Various positions | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jitendra Choudhury | ,_calling_on_the_Union_Home_Minister,_Shri_Rajnath_Singh,_in_New_Delhi_on_Thursday,_November_24,_2016_(cropped).jpg) |
Member of Polit Bureau[2] Tripura State Secretary[5] LoP in Tripura Legislative Assembly[6] |
Old |
| Manik Dey |  |
New | |
| Naresh Jamatia | New | ||
| Ratan Bhowmik | New | ||
| Krishna Rakshit | New | ||
Uttarakhand
| Name | Photo | Various positions | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rajendra Kumar Negi |  |
Former Uttarakhand State Secretary | New |
Uttar Pradesh
| Name | Photo | Various positions | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heera Lal Yadav | Former Uttar Pradesh State Secretary[7] | Old | |
West Bengal
| Name | Photo | Various positions | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tapan Kumar Sen |  |
Member of Polit Bureau[2] CITU National Vice President |
Old |
| Nilotpal Basu |  |
Member of Polit Bureau[2] Former SFI General Secretary |
Old |
| Mohammed Salim |  |
Member of Polit Bureau[2] West Bengal State Secretary |
Old |
| Ram Chandra Dome |  |
Member of Polit Bureau[2] | Old |
| Srideep Bhattacharya |  |
Member of Polit Bureau[2] | Old |
| Sujan Chakraborty |  |
Old | |
| Abhas Roy Choudhary |  |
Old | |
| Samik Lahiri | Old | ||
| Sumit Dey | Old | ||
| Deblina Hembram | Old | ||
| Debabrata Ghosh | New | ||
| Syed Hussain | New | ||
| Koninika Ghosh | New | ||
| Minakshi Mukherjee | New | ||
| Saman Pathak | New | ||
Permanent invitees
| Name | Photo |
|---|---|
| Sudip Dutta | |
| Bal Singh | |
| John Brittas | |
| Sudhanva Deshpande | |
Special invitees
| Name | Photo |
|---|---|
| Manik Sarkar |  |
| Prakash Karat |  |
| Brinda Karat |  |
| Subhashini Ali | .jpg) |
| S. Ramachandran Pillai |  |
| Biman Bose |  |
| Hannan Mollah | .jpg) |
Central Control Commission
Central Secretariat
Central Committee of CPI(M) elects a Central Secretariat, which manages the party's day-to-day operations and assists in the implementation of decisions taken by the Central Committee. Central Secretariat is guided by the Politburo.
In the first meeting of 24th Central Committee from 3-5 June 2025, a seven-member new Central Secretariat was elected.[8]
| Name | Photo |
|---|---|
| M.A. Baby | |
| B.V. Raghavulu | |
| V. Muralidharan |  |
| Rajendra Sharma | |
| K. Hemalata | |
| Vikram Singh | |
| K.N. Umesh | |
References
- 1 2 3 "Party Constitution | Communist Party of India (Marxist)". 18 March 2009. Archived from the original on 17 March 2020.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 "CPM gets an 18-member Politburo; 8 new faces, exemption only for Pinarayi Vijayan". 6 April 2025.
- ↑ "CPM AP Secretary: సీపీఎం ఏపీ రాష్ట్ర కార్యదర్శిగా రెండోసారి వి.శ్రీనివాసరావు ఎన్నిక, చంద్రబాబుపై బృందాకారత్ విమర్శలు".[dead link]
- ↑ "কেন্দ্রীয় কমিটিতে নতুন মুখ, প্রশ্নও". Anandabazar Patrika. 1 May 2023.
- ↑ "Tripura: CPI(M) State Conference Calls for Strengthening the Party Ideologically and Organisationally | Peoples Democracy".
- ↑ "CPM's Jitendra Chaudhary sworn in as Tripura's new leader of Opposition, jibes at TIPRA Motha". 20 March 2024.
- ↑ "Uttar Pradesh State Conference of CPI(M) | Peoples Democracy".
- ↑ https://www.deshabhimani.com/deshabhimani-english-/national-76192/cpim-blasts-modi-govts-foreign-policy-security-failures-and-economic-inequality-10113