In 1969 Appalasuri was one of four Central Committee members of the new Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) from Andhra Pradesh.
Appalasuri became a leading figure in the Central Organising Committee, Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist), which was formed in 1972 by some elements of the erstwhile CPI(ML).
[3] The COC, CPI(ML) upheld the legacy of Majumdar but was ready to retain a critical attitude to some aspects of his role.
In August 1974 Appalasuri became one of three members of the Andhra Pradesh State Committee of COC, CPI(ML).
In 1982 Appalasuri's COC, CPI(ML) faction merged with Bhowani Roy Chowdhury's West Bengal-based group, forming the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Party Unity.