In Hyderabad, the Communist Party of India (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 on Tuesday, 4 June.
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.