Central Committee of the Communist Party of India (Marxist)

The Central Committee is the second-highest body of the Communist Party of India (Marxist). The members of the Central Committee are elected at the Congress of the Party, which occurs every three years.

Central Committee of the Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Overview
Type	Highest decision-making organ when Party Congress is not in session.
Elected by	Party Congress
Length of term	Three years
History
Established	by 7th Party Congress on 7 November 1964; 60 years ago (1964-11-07)
Leadership
General Secretary	M.A. Baby
Executive organ	Politburo
Operational organ	Central Secretariat
Disciplinary organ	Central Control Commission
Elections
Last election	6 April 2025

Elections

The All-India Party Congress, typically convened every three years, serves as the supreme authority of the CPI(M).^[1] Between sessions of the Party Congress, the Central Committee functions as the highest decision-making body.^[1] The Central Committee elects a Politburo from among its members, including the General Secretary, who is the party's principal leader.^[1]

24th Central Committee

Members

Andhra Pradesh

Name	Photo	Various positions	Remarks
B. V. Raghavulu		Member of Polit Bureau[2] Former Andhra Pradesh State Secretary	Old
V. Srinivasa Rao		Andhra Pradesh State Secretary[3]	Old
K. Hemalata		CITU National President	Old
Sunkara Punyavati			Old
R. Arun Kumar		Member of Polit Bureau[2] Former SFI All India President	Old
K. Lokanadham			New
D. Rama Devi			New

Assam

Name	Photo	Various positions	Remarks
Suprakash Talukdar		Assam State Secretary	Old
Isfaqur Rahman		Member of Assam State Secretariat	Old

Bihar

Name	Photo	Various positions	Remarks
Lalan Choudhary		Bihar State Secretary	Old
Awadhesh Kumar		Former Bihar State Secretary AIKS National Joint Secretary	Old

Delhi

Name	Photo	Various positions	Remarks
Anurag Saxena		Delhi State Secretary CITU Delhi State Secretary	New

Gujarat

Name	Photo	Various positions	Remarks
Hitendra Bhatt		Gujarat State Secretary	New

Haryana

Name	Photo	Various positions	Remarks
Prem Chand		Haryana State Secretary	New

Himachal Pradesh

Name	Photo	Various positions	Remarks
Vikram Singh		Former SFI General Secretary[4]	Old
Sanjay Chauhan		Himachal Pradesh State Secretary Former Mayor of Shimla Municipal Corporation	New

Jammu and Kashmir

Name	Photo	Various positions	Remarks
Mohammed Yousuf Tarigami			Old

Jharkhand

Name	Photo	Various positions	Remarks
Prakash Viplav		Jharkhand State Secretary	Old

Karnataka

Name	Photo	Various positions	Remarks
K.N. Umesh		CITU National Secretary	Old
K. Prakash		Karnataka State Secretary	New

Kerala

Name	Photo	Various positions	Remarks
Pinarayi Vijayan		Member of Polit Bureau[2] Chief Minister of Kerala	Old
M. A. Baby		General Secretary Member of Polit Bureau[2]	Old
A. Vijayaraghavan		Member of Polit Bureau[2]	Old
M. V. Govindan		Member of Polit Bureau[2] Kerala State Secretary	Old
P. K. Sreemathy			Old
E. P. Jayarajan			Old
T. M. Thomas Isaac			Old
K. K. Shailaja			Old
Elamaram Kareem			Old
K. Radhakrishnan			Old
K. N. Balagopal			Old
P. Rajeeve			Old
P. Sathidevi			Old
C. S. Sujatha			Old
V. Muralidharan			Old
Vijoo Krishnan			Old
A.R. Sindhu			Old
T. P. Ramakrishnan			New
Puthalath Dinesan			New
K. S. Saleekha			New

Madhya Pradesh

Name	Photo	Various positions	Remarks
Jaswinder Singh		Madhya Pradesh State Secretary	Old

Maharashtra

Name	Photo	Various positions	Remarks
Ashok Dhawale		Member of Polit Bureau[2]	Old
Rajendra Sharma		Member of Central Secretariat Editor of Loklahar	Old
Mariam Dhawale		Member of Polit Bureau[2]	Old
Ajit Nawale		Maharashtra State Secretary	New
Vinod Bhiva Nikole			New

Odisha

Name	Photo	Various positions	Remarks
Suresh Chandra Panigrahy		Odisha State Secretary	New

Punjab

Name	Photo	Various positions	Remarks
Sukhwinder Singh Sekhon		Punjab State Secretary	Old

Rajasthan

Name	Photo	Various positions	Remarks
Amra Ram		Member of Polit Bureau[2] AIKS National Vice President Former Rajasthan State Secretary MP in Lok Sabha	Old
Kishan Pareek		Rajasthan State Secretary	New

Tamil Nadu

Name	Photo	Various positions	Remarks
K. Balakrishnan		Member of Polit Bureau[2] Former Tamil Nadu State Secretary	Old
U. Vasuki		Member of Polit Bureau[2]	Old
P. Sampath			Old
P. Shanmugam			Old
R. Karumalaiyan			Old
N. Gunashekaran			New
K. Balabharathi			New

Telangana

Name	Photo	Various positions	Remarks
Tammineni Veerabhadram		Former Telangana State Secretary	Old
John Wesley		Telangana State Secretary	New
S. Veeraiah			New
T. Jyothi			New
Mandhadapu Saibabu		Treasurer of CITU	New

Tripura

Name	Photo	Various positions	Remarks
Jitendra Choudhury		Member of Polit Bureau[2] Tripura State Secretary[5] LoP in Tripura Legislative Assembly[6]	Old
Manik Dey			New
Naresh Jamatia			New
Ratan Bhowmik			New
Krishna Rakshit			New

Uttarakhand

Name	Photo	Various positions	Remarks
Rajendra Kumar Negi		Former Uttarakhand State Secretary	New

Uttar Pradesh

Name	Photo	Various positions	Remarks
Heera Lal Yadav		Former Uttar Pradesh State Secretary[7]	Old

West Bengal

Name	Photo	Various positions	Remarks
Tapan Kumar Sen		Member of Polit Bureau[2] CITU General Secretary	Old
Nilotpal Basu		Member of Polit Bureau[2] Former SFI General Secretary	Old
Mohammed Salim		Member of Polit Bureau[2] West Bengal State Secretary	Old
Ram Chandra Dome		Member of Polit Bureau[2]	Old
Srideep Bhattacharya		Member of Polit Bureau[2]	Old
Sujan Chakraborty			Old
Abhas Roy Choudhary			Old
Samik Lahiri			Old
Sumit Dey			Old
Deblina Hembram			Old
Debabrata Ghosh			New
Syed Hussain			New
Koninika Ghosh			New
Minakshi Mukherjee			New
Saman Pathak			New

Permanent invitees

Name	Photo
Sudip Dutta
Bal Singh
John Brittas
Sudhanva Deshpande

Special invitees

Name	Photo
Manik Sarkar
Prakash Karat
Brinda Karat
Subhashini Ali
S. Ramachandran Pillai
Biman Bose
Hannan Mollah

Central Control Commission

Central Secretariat

Central Committee of CPIM elects a Central Secretariat, which manages the party's day-to-day operations and assists in the implementation of decisions taken by the Central Committee. Central Secretariat is guided by the Polit Bureau.

In the first meeting of 24th Central Committee from 3-5 June 2025, a seven-membered new Central Secretariat was elected.^[8]

Name	Photo
M.A. Baby
B.V. Raghavulu
V. Muralidharan
Rajendra Sharma
K. Hemalata
Vikram Singh
K.N. Umesh