India in 1975-76. He was arrested twice and spent eight days in prison. Personal life He is married to activist-politician Brinda Karat. Communist Party of India (Marxist) After returning to India in 1970, Karat joined the Jawaharlal Nehru University and thereafter Communist Party of India (Marxist). He began working as an aide to the party leader A. K. Gopalan. He was the Secretary of the Delhi State Committee of the CPI(M) from 1982 to 1985. Prakash Karat was elected to the Central Committee of the CPI (M) in 1985 and became a member of the ‘Politburo’ in 1992. He took over as the General Secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) in 2005 at the 18th Congress of the Party held in Delhi. During his era Communist Part of India (Marxist) see a sharp downfall due to his rigid behaviour on party line. He was succeeded by Sitaram Yechury in 2015 at the 21st Party Congress held in Visakhapatnam Party Leader Karat was elected to the Central Committee of the CPI (M) in 1985 and became a member of the PolitBureau in 1992. The Politburo is the key decision making wing of the party. In 2005, he was elected General Secretary. Lok Sabha Election Results during tenure of Karat as General Secretary Academic and political writings Since 1992, Karat has been on the editorial board of CPI(M)'s academic journal, The Marxist. He is also the managing director of Naya Rasta Publishers, the parent company of Leftword Books. He is the author of five books. Language, Nationality and Politics in India (1972) A World to Win—Essays on the Communist Manifesto (1999), edited Across Time and Continents: A tribute to Victor Kiernan (2003), edited Subordinate Ally: The nuclear deal and India-US strategic relations (2008) Politics and policies(2008) References Living people 1948 births Madras Christian College alumni Alumni of the University of Edinburgh Communist Party of India (Marxist) politicians from Kerala Indian atheists Indian political writers Jawaharlal Nehru University alumni Indian Marxist writers Anti-Americanism Indian communists Indian anti-capitalists Anti-capitalists Anti-imperialism Leaders of political parties in India Malayali people General Secretaries of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) 20th-century Indian non-fiction writers Indian male writers People from Palakkad district People involved in the Citizenship Amendment Act protests Students' Federation of India All India Presidents Marxist writers Marxist theorists Marxist humanists Students' unions Jawaharlal Nehru University Students' Union