A. K. Padmanabhan

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A. K. Padmanabhan is an Indian Marxist politician and former Politburo member of 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 to the Politburo at the 21st party congress held in Visakhapatnam in April 2015. [3] In the 22nd party congress, he was replaced in the Politburo 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]

References

  1. ↑ "A.K. Padmanabhan re-elected CITU chief". The Hindu . 10 April 2013. ISSN   0971-751X . Retrieved 29 July 2019.
  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.
  4. ↑ Nair, Sobhana K. (23 April 2018). "CPI(M) central panel has 19 new faces". The Hindu . ISSN   0971-751X . Retrieved 30 July 2019.
  5. ↑ "19 new members included in CPI(M) central committee, 2 new faces in politburo". Business Standard India . Press Trust of India. 22 April 2018. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
  6. ↑ "Full list: CPI(M) newly elected central committee and politburo members". The Indian Express . 22 April 2018. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
  7. ↑ Ananth, Venkat; Narayanan, Dinesh (22 November 2018). "Ola, Uber strike: Trade unions see delivery boys, drivers as the new 'oppressed'". The Economic Times . Retrieved 31 July 2019.


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