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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 acquired first rank in B A (Hons) in Economics at St Stephen's College, Delhi, and M A in Economics from Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU). He joined the JNU for a PhD in Economics which was aborted with his arrest during 'The Emergency' in 1975.
 
In 1974, Yechury joined the Students' Federation of India (SFI) and a year later, he joined the Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI (M)).
 
In the 1970s, Yechury was President of the Jawaharlal Nehru University Students' Union led by the Students' Federation of India (SFI) thrice. He was arrested during the Emergency. He, along with Prakash Karat, was responsible for turning JNU into a Left bastion.  In 1984, he was elected to the Central Committee of the CPI(M). It took very little for Yechury to become a full-timer in the organisation. From 1978 to 1998 he personally grew in the party.
 
Yechury is seen as someone who is keen on coalitions to keep the right wing out of power. He and P Chidambaram drafted the common minimum programme of the United Front government in 1996. He was instrumental in getting the CPI (M) to support the first United Progressive Alliance government.
 
During the negotiations for the Indo-US Nuclear Pact, Yechury listed in the Rajya Sabha all the conditions that the CPM required of the agreement. After the Manmohan Singh government satisfied all the conditions, he was overruled by Prakash Karat, who claimed that the agreement still violated the CPM's idea of "independent foreign policy". It is said that Yechuri felt "displeased and helpless".

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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

"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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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