Sun Mar 16 13:57:16 UTC 2025: ## CPI(M) Appoints New Kottayam District Secretary

**KOTTAYAM, March 16, 2025** – The Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)] has elected T.R. Raghunathan as the new secretary of its Kottayam district committee. The announcement was made following a meeting of the district committee on Sunday, attended by state secretary M.V. Govindan. Mr. Govindan conveyed the state secretariat’s decision to both the district secretariat and committee.

Mr. Raghunathan’s appointment follows the death of A.V. Russel on February 21st. A long-time party member and trade unionist, Mr. Raghunathan’s political career began with the Students’ Federation of India (SFI). He later served as the district president of the Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI) and president of the Pallom block panchayat. Currently, he is the district secretary of the Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU) and a member of the CPI(M) state committee, recently elected at the party’s state conference.

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