A Pradeep Kumar, a former Kozhikode North MLA, has been named the new private secretary of Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan.

Kumar, who is now a member of the CPI-M State Committee, takes over for KK Ragesh, who was chosen last month to serve as the party’s Kannur District Secretary.

Pradeep Kumar told the reporters on Saturday that he was dedicated to carrying out the duties that the party had given him.

“I’ve been concentrating on my position inside the party and avoiding legislative politics for a while. “That journey includes this new responsibility,” he said.

A In the 1980s, Pradeep Kumar started his political career as an activist with the Students’ Federation of India (SFI), the CPI-M’s student branch.