Thiruvanathapuram > Elamaram Kareem has been selected by the CPIM as its nominee for the Rajya Sabha seat. The state secretariat of the CPIM, which met here earlier in the day, zeroed in on Kareem, who has been a three-time legislator from Kozhikode and is a veteran trade union leader. He served as Industries Minister during the previous LDF government in the state.
Of the two Rajya Sabha seats that the Left front can win from Kerala, the CPM and the CPI got one each. Last week, the CPI finalised its central secretariat member Binoy Viswam as party candidate. The elections to the Rajya Sabha seats will be held on June 21.
