Hyderabad, June 20 -- Senior CPI(M) leader and former Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar visited the CPI(M) Telangana state office, MB Bhavan, in Hyderabad today and held discussions with party leaders on national and state political developments.

Manik Sarkar was accorded a warm welcome by CPI(M) Central Committee member T. Jyothi, State Secretariat members Julakanti Ranga Reddy and Bandaru Ravi Kumar, senior leader D.G. Narasimha Rao, State Committee members and party cadres.

During a meeting with State Secretariat members and key leaders, Sarkar discussed national and state politics, including what he described as the anti-people policies of the BJP-led central government, rising prices of essential commodities and unemployment. He st...