Vijayawada, Oct 18 (PTI) D Raja of Tamil Nadu has been re-elected as general secretary of the Communist Party of India.

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He was unanimously chosen for the post, for a second consecutive term, at the CPI's 24th national congress that concluded here on Tuesday.

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The congress also elected a 11-member national secretariat that included D Raja, K Narayana, Atul Kumar Anjan, Amarjeet Kaur, Kanam Rajendran, B K Kango, Binoy Viswam, Pallab Sengupta, Azeez Pasha, Rama Krushna Panda and Nagendranath Ojha.

The party also elected a 30-member National Executive and a 99-member National Council. One post each in the National Executive and the National Council were not filled.

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