New Delhi: With the central committee of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) or CPM rejecting a proposal for a third Rajya Sabha term for Sitaram Yechury, he can now focus on his role as the general secretary of the party. It also goes against the party’s rule of not giving members more than two terms in the Rajya Sabha,” Yechury said, while addressing a press conference on Wednesday. More From Livemint »The party also didn’t want to take the support of Congress to elect Yechury for a third term in the Rajya Sabha. The last meeting held in Vishakhapatnam in 2015 elected Yechury as the fifth general secretary of the party. The party now has only eight members (including Yechury) in Rajya Sabha and nine in Lok Sabha.

Source: Mint July 27, 2017 05:48 UTC