Mohammed Riyas is DYFI chief; Muneer Katipalla enters central committee

Kochi, Feb 26: Mohammed Riyas, the DYFI national joint secretary, was elected as the new national president of DYFI, the youth wing of CPI (M). Riyas replaces MB Rajesh, Kerala MP from Palakkad.

Avoy Mukherjee has been retained as DYFI's general secretary at the 10th DYFI National Conference which concluded in Kochi on Sunday.

The other new office bearers of DYFI are Sanjay Paswan, Deepa, A N Shamseer, Pankaj Ghosh (vice presidents), Preethy Shekhar (joint secretary) and Balbir Parasar (treasurer). The meeting also chalked out a plan to actively interfere in the present day issues of the country.

The organisation also amended its constitution to bring in more women force to its central secretariat. The new secretariat will have 20 per cent women representation and has brought in five women representatives in its 25-member Secretariat.

"The first central committee of the newly appointed members will be convened soon. The recommendations mooted by the delegates at the national conference will be discussed at the meeting," said Riyas at a press conference held here.

Muneer Katipalla, the Karnataka state unit president of DYFI, has been made a member of the central committee of the outfit.