Senior Communist leader D Raja was re-elected as General Secretary of the CPI at the 25th CPI Party Congress — a national conclave held once every three years — which concluded in Chandigarh on Thursday. In an interview with The Indian Express , D Raja discusses the current state of the INDIA bloc, CPI’s role in strengthening it, the country’s political future, and the relevance of Marxism in contemporary India. Excerpts:

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