Sitaram Yechury

From Sitaram Yechury to Rohit Bal, noted personalities who died in 2024

While Ratan Tata and Shashi Ruia's deaths were a big loss to the business world, stalwarts like Sitaram Yechury and Natwar Singh left behind a big void in the national politics

Amid chants of Lal Salaam, Yechury's body handed over to AIIMS for research

Wrapped in the red flag of the CPI(M), party veteran Sitaram Yechury's body was donated to the AIIMS authorities here on Saturday for medical research amid chants of "Lal Salaam". Earlier in the day, rich tributes were paid to Yechury at the Communist Party of India (Marxist) headquarters at the AKG Bhavan here, where his mortal remains were brought from his residence in the morning. Wrapped in the CPI(M) flag, Yechury's mortal remains were kept at the party office, where party leaders, including politburo members Prakash Karat, Brinda Karat, Pinarayi Vijayan and M A Baby, paid their tributes to the departed leader. 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 to Yechury. NCP (SP) president Sharad Pawar, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav, Congress leaders Mani Shankar Aiyar, Sachin Pilot, Ramesh Chennithala, DMK leaders Udhayanidhi Stalin, T R

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

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

Rich tributes were on Saturday paid to veteran Marxist leader and CPI (M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury at the party headquarters AKG Bhavan here, where his mortal remains were brought amidst chants of 'Lal Salam' from his residence this morning. 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 Prakash Karat, Brinda Karat, Pinarayi Vijayan and M A Baby, and others paid their tributes to the leader. Congress Parliamentary Party Chairperson Sonia Gandhi also reached the AKG Bhavan along with the other party leaders to pay her last respects to Yechury. He was the first non-Congress leader Gandhi called after she met then president Dr APJ Abdul Kalam in 2004 when she turned down the prime minister's post and rallied for Dr Manmohan Singh, an equation that survived the shock withdrawal of support by the Left to the UPA in 2008 over the Indo-US nuclear deal. Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader

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

The CPI(M) on Thursday expressed profound grief over the death of its general secretary Sitaram Yechury and described it as a big blow for the Left, democratic and secular forces. 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. In a statement, the CPI(M) said the veteran leader died after battling a severe lung infection. "The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) expresses its profound grief at the passing away of Comrade Sitaram Yechury, General Secretary of the Party on September 12, 2024," it said. The party described him as an outstanding leader of the Left movement and a well-known Marxist ideologue. "The untimely demise of Sitaram Yechury at this crucial juncture in our national politics is a big blow for the CPI(M) and a grievous loss for the Left, democratic and secular forces. The Polit Bureau pays respectful homage to our belov

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

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. She said Yechury, a committed ideologue, won friends cutting across the party lines. The three-time party chief died at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) here on Thursday following prolonged illness. He was 72. "Saddened to learn about the demise of CPI (M) general secretary Shri Sitaram Yechury. First as a student leader and then in national politics and as a parliamentarian, he had a distinct and influential voice. Though a committed ideologue, he won friends cutting across the party lines. My heartfelt condolences to his family and colleagues," Muru said in a post on X.

'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

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

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

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

Israel's ongoing offensive in Gaza is "not a war, but a genocide", CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury said on Saturday during a protest in solidarity with Palestine held at Delhi's Jantar Mantar. 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. "What is happening is not a war, but a genocide. War is between two armies, both sides have weapons. Here, the attack is on unarmed people. This is unacceptable," Yechury said. "When we were students, it used to be written on passports that it is not valid for Israel and South Africa..." he said, adding "the Modi government has come on its knees to support Netanyahu... The whole world should create pressure on Israel to stop the offensive," he said. He said the current Modi regime is "deviating from the time-tested foreign policy of our country of allying with the Palestinian cause", and added that Israel's Prime Minist

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

Communist Party of India (Marxist) general secretary Sitaram Yechury, polit bureau members Brinda Karat and Prakash Karat and Communist Party of India (CPI) leader Annie Raja were among the Left leaders who cast their votes in Delhi on Saturday and appealed to voters to exercise their franchise. The Left leaders also expressed confidence in the Opposition INDIA alliance emerging victorious in the ongoing polls. Talking to PTI after casting his vote at Delhi's Vasant Kunj, Yechury said: "I voted for India, for my country. I voted for democracy, unity of my country and my Constitution. The people of India will win. Therefore India will win. That is what I hope, I expect, and am sure of," Yechury told PTI. "The prime minister of India himself, every day he speaks only to sharpen communal polarisation... The Election Commission has to take cognisance. Unfortunately, it is not doing so. But the people of India are opposing it," he said. Annie Raja, who is in the fray from Kerala's Wayan

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

CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury on Thursday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of making statements which were allegedly violative of the Model Code of Conduct during his Lok Sabha poll campaign in various parts of the country. Yechury said that he has given a complaint in this regard to the Election Commission listing out the statements made by Modi allegedly "aimed at sharpening communal polarisation on the issue of Ram". The veteran CPI(M) leader was speaking to the media in this north Kerala district where he also criticised the Congress and the UDF for accusing the Left front of not opposing Modi and the BJP. He said that it was "strange" that the Congress and the UDF were accusing the LDF, particularly the CPI(M), of being silent on attacking Modi. Yechury said that he was one of the first political leaders to be arrested for opposing the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), the Left party was the one which moved a habeas corpus plea in the Supreme Court against allege

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

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

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

The Uniform Civil Code (UCC) is a political tool being used by the BJP to sharpen communal polarisation, CPI(M) General Secretary Sitaram Yechury said on Saturday. Uniformity does not mean equality, he stressed, while addressing a massive gathering attending a national seminar to discuss the UCC organised by the Left party here. Yechury said laws that are discriminatory have to be corrected in consultation with the entire community and not by imposing UCC from the top. "Uniformity does not mean equality. The CPI(M) stands for equality like the Constitution of India stands for equality. And it's that equality that we need to fight for...that everyone of us is first a human being and then everything else follows," Yechury said. The CPI(M) leader pointed out that the 21st Law Commission, appointed by the Modi government, had made it clear that the UCC was "neither necessary nor desirable at this stage". Yechury said any effort to impose uniformity will tear our social fabric. "UCC i

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

CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury on Monday alleged that the Trinamool Congress was complicit in violence in West Bengal and practising double standards by speaking for democracy to oust the BJP and denying the same in the state. The statement comes days after the CPI(M) and Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress (TMC) took part in a meeting of opposition parties which resolved to fight together against the BJP. Referring to the panchayat polls in West Bengal, Yechury alleged that it has become a norm that elections under the TMC will be marked by large-scale violence and terror. He said 10 people have already lost their lives including a young CPI(M) activist Mansoor Alam. "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 at a press conference at the end of a two-day Polit Bureau meeting in Delhi. "Despite such politics of violence and terror, the people of West Bengal a

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