Prakash Karat

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Prakash Karat,(പ്രകാശ കാരത) Malayali communist politician from India. The 56-year old Prakash Karat was elected as the General Secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) on the 11th of April, 2005.

Karat ushers in a new generational change within the CPI(M) and as a behind the scenes politician[dubious — see talk page], analysts say, he will have a major role to play in shaping up the coalition relationship with the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance government[dubious — see talk page].

Married to social activist and party colleague Brinda, Karat was drawn into the Left movement in the 1960s, as a student in the Madras Christian College. He later went to the University of Edinburgh. He was rusticated there for anti-apartheid protests but taken back on good behaviour[citation needed]. At Jawaharlal Nehru University, in New Delhi, he founded the Students Federation of India[citation needed] and joined the CPI(M) in 1970.

Karat worked underground for one-and-a-half-years during the Emergency rule of 1975-76 imposed by then prime minister Indira Gandhi and was arrested twice[citation needed]. Over the years Karat has kept a low profile but emerged as a key leader of the party. He was elected to the party Central Committee in 1985 and the politburo in 1992.

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