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Who is Sitaram Yechury?

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Who is Sitaram Yechury?

Sitaram Yechury is the General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Politburo Communist Party of India (Marxist) since April 19, 2015. His second term as a Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha ended in 2017.
 
Early life, education, and political career
Born on August 12, 1952 in Chennai, Sitaram Yechury grew up in Hyderabad and studied at All Saints High School till tenth standard (Class 10) and later reached Delhi during Telangana agitation of 1969.
 

Yechury joined Presidents Estate School in Delhi and achieved the All-India first rank in the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) Higher Secondary Examination. He
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Amid chants of Lal Salaam, Yechury's body handed over to AIIMS for research

Congress Parliamentary Party chairperson Sonia Gandhi also reached the AKG Bhavan, along with her party colleagues Jairam Ramesh, Rajeev Shukla and others, to pay her last respects

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Updated On : 15 Sep 2024 | 6:49 AM IST

Leaders pay last their tribute as mortal remains of Yechury taken to Aiims

According to CPI(M), as per the wishes of the late leader, Sitaram Yechuri's body will be donated to AIIMS for medical research purposes

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Updated On : 14 Sep 2024 | 10:51 PM IST

Tributes paid to veteran Sitaram Yechury at CPI (M) headquarters in Delhi

Wrapped in the red flag of the CPI (M), Yechury's mortal remains were kept at the party office, where party leaders, including polit bureau members and others paid their tributes to the leader

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Updated On : 14 Sep 2024 | 7:34 PM IST

Big blow for secular forces: CPI(M) on Yechury's death, Left pays tribute

Yechury (72) died at AIIMS here on Thursday following a prolonged illness. He was 72. He had been in a critical condition for the last few days and was on respiratory support

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Updated On : 12 Sep 2024 | 8:24 PM IST

Sitaram Yechury: Remembering comrade who adapted Marxism to Indian reality

Veteran CPI(M) leader Sitaram Yechury, 72, passes away at Delhi's Aiims

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Updated On : 12 Sep 2024 | 10:47 PM IST

Committed ideologue: Prez Murmu, PM Modi, others condole Yechury's demise

President Droupadi Murmu on Thursday condoled the demise of CPI (M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury and expressed heartfelt condolences to his family and colleagues.

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Updated On : 12 Sep 2024 | 6:04 PM IST

'Protector of idea of India': Leaders pay tribute to Sitaram Yechury

Political leaders from various parties mourned the passing of veteran Communist Party of India (Marxist) parliamentarian Sitaram Yechury

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Updated On : 12 Sep 2024 | 5:37 PM IST

Veteran CPI(M) leader Sitaram Yechury passes away at 72 after long illness

Sitaram Yechury, veteran politician and General Secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), died on Thursday at the age of 72 after a prolonged illness. He was hospitalized at Aiims

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Updated On : 12 Sep 2024 | 6:20 PM IST

Sitaram Yechury is 'critical', in ICU on respiratory support, says CPI(M)

The 72-year-old politician is being treated for a severe respiratory infection in AIIMS' ICU; the party said a team of doctors is closely observing CPI (M) leader Sitaram Yechury's condition

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Updated On : 10 Sep 2024 | 1:41 PM IST

PM face to be decided as per situation: Yechury after INDIA bloc meeting

Ahead of the exit polls, the opposition-led INDIA bloc today held a meeting at the residence of Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge in the national capital

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Updated On : 01 Jun 2024 | 10:39 PM IST

'Genocide' in Gaza, not war: Sitaram Yechury at solidarity protest

Communist Party of India (Marxist) and other Left organisations demanded an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, and also accused the BJP-led government of supporting Israel

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Updated On : 01 Jun 2024 | 4:57 PM IST

LS elections: Left leaders cast vote in Delhi, say 'democracy at stake'

The Left leaders also expressed confidence in the Opposition INDIA alliance emerging victorious in the ongoing polls

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Updated On : 25 May 2024 | 3:58 PM IST

Several statements of PM violate Model Code of Conduct: Sitaram Yechury

Yechury's statement came in the wake of the social media campaign against CPI(M)'s Vatakara LS candidate K K Shailaja

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Updated On : 18 Apr 2024 | 12:05 PM IST

INDIA bloc seals first seat-sharing agreement as SP, Congress join hands

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will share the stage with Rashtriya Janata Dal president Lalu Prasad and CPI(M) General Secretary Sitaram Yechury at a rally in Patna on March 3

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Updated On : 22 Feb 2024 | 9:11 AM IST

Oppn unity meeting has already started creating an impact: Sitaram Yechury

The CPI (M) General Secretary said that cooperation among the opposition is needed in order to ensure that the country we are born in remains the country we were born in

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Updated On : 17 Jul 2023 | 1:38 PM IST

UCC a political tool BJP is using to sharpen communal polarisation: Yechury

Yechury said laws that are discriminatory have to be corrected in consultation with the entire community and not by imposing UCC from the top

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Updated On : 15 Jul 2023 | 7:34 PM IST

TMC complicit in panchayat poll violence in West Bengal: Sitaram Yechury

"They can't say they want democracy in India and therefore, oust the BJP, and then in Bengal ... you throttle democracy. That is not acceptable," he said

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Updated On : 26 Jun 2023 | 8:57 PM IST

Sitaram Yechury unveils memoirs of Maha CPI-M veteran Narasayya Adam

CPI-M General Secretary Sitaram Yechury on Fridat released the Marathi biography of veteran party leader Narasayya Adam

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Updated On : 02 Jun 2023 | 6:10 PM IST

Kejriwal to meet Yechury for CPM's support against Centre's Ordinance

AAP national convener and Chief Minister Arvind will meet CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury to seek support against the Centre's Ordinance on control over administrative services

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Updated On : 29 May 2023 | 3:12 PM IST

Jungle Raj in UP under BJP's Yogi Govt: CPI (M) leader Sitaram Yechury

Communist Party of India (Marxist) General Secretary Sitaram Yechury on Sunday reacted sharply over the mafia turned politician Atiq Ahmed and Ashraf Ahmed who were shot dead in Prayagraj

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Updated On : 16 Apr 2023 | 9:17 AM IST