Arun Kumar has held several significant positions within the CPI(M) and its affiliated organizations.
Role in CPI(M)
Kumar joined Communist Party of India (Marxist) in 1992. [5] On 2 September 1993,he was arrested in Vijaywada during all-India strike and was brutally tortured by the police. [5]
He was included as a permanent invitee to CPIM Central Committee after 21st Party Congress in April 2015. [12] He is considered as one of the major Marxist-Leninist ideologues within the CPIM who can pragmatically lead to form a united front of the proletariat i.e.,workers,peasants,women,students,youth and slum dwellers following the principles of Marxism-Leninism. [13]
In 22nd Party Congress of CPM,he was elected to the Central Committee for the first time. [14] As the deputy in-charge of the party’s international department,he contributed to shaping the party's international relations and policies. [15]
After 23rd Party Congress,Arun Kumar was elected as a member of the Central Secretariat,the body which manages the party's day-to-day operations and assists in the implementation of decisions taken by the Central Committee. [16] [17]
He was included in campaign committee of INDIA bloc after the bloc's meeting held in Mumbai from 31 August to 1 September 2023. [18]
In the next Party Congress held in Madurai from 2 to 6 April 2025,he was one of the eight leaders who got newly elected to the Politburo. [19] This move paves the way for generational shift in CPIM leadership. [20] His entry to the Politburo along with Vijoo Krishnan are compared with the inclusion of Sitaram Yechury and Prakash Karat in the Politburo in 1992. [21]
Chinese Ambassador to India,Xu Feihong met with M. A. Baby and Arun Kumar to congratulate them on the newly elected Politburo. [22] On 4 September 2025,Sun Haiyan,Vice-minister of the International Department of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party,held a meeting with Arun Kumar regarding India-China relations. [2]
Communist Party of India (Marxist)