CPI to witness change of guard next month: General secretary Sudhakar Reddy to step down on health grounds after helming party for 7 years
FirstpostReddy, who assumed charge of CPI’s top post on 31 March, 2012, and was serving a third term scheduled to end in 2021, is firm on announcing his “retirement” at the national council meeting to be held in Delhi on 20 July, they said. Hyderabad: The CPI would see a change of guard next month with its General Secretary Suravaram Sudhakar Reddy deciding to step down on health grounds after holding the post for more than seven years, sources in the party said. Reddy, who assumed charge of the party’s top post on 31 March, 2012, and was serving a third term scheduled to end in 2021, is firm on announcing his “retirement” at the national council meeting to be held in Delhi on 20 July, they said. Party national secretary D Raja, All India Trade Union Congress general secretary Amarjeet Kaur and Kerala secretary Kanam Rajendran are seen to be front-runners to succeed Reddy, a former Lok Sabha member from Telangana.