A. K. Padmanabhan

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A. K. Padmanabhan is an Indian Marxist politician and former Politburo member, Communist Party of India (Marxist).

Political career

Padmanabhan hails from Tamil Nadu. He became the Central Committee member of the party and in 20th party congress of CPI(M), held in Calicut in April 2012, he was first elected to the Politburo of the Communist Party of India (Marxist). In June 2013 he visited China as a delegate at the invitation of the Chinese Communist Party. In 2013, he became the president of the Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU). [1] [2] Padmanabhan was also re elected into the Politburo in 21st party congress held in Visakhapatnam in April 2015. [3] In 22nd party congress, he was dropped, replaced by Tapan Kumar Sen and remains as a Central Committee member of the party. [4] [5] [6] Presently Padmanabhan is the vice president of Centre of Indian Trade Unions. [7]

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References

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  2. ↑ "Prakash Karat gets third term as CPI(M) General Secretary". NDTV . Retrieved 30 July 2019.
  3. ↑ "Karat re-elected CPM general secretary; VS out of politburo". India Today . IANS. 9 April 2012. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
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