ON August 28, 2022, CPI(M) state committee elected M V Govindan as the new secretary of the state unit. According to the statement issued by the state committee, the decision was taken as Kodiyeri Balakrishnan, CPI(M) current state secretary was not well due to health reasons. Central Committee member, E P Jayarajan presided over the meeting attended by Party general secretary, Sitaram Yechury, Polit Bureau members, Prakash Karat, Pinarayi Vijayan, and M A Baby.