NEW DELHI: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi paid an emotional tribute to late CPI (M) leader Sitaram Yechury at a condolence meeting, recalling their last meeting and Yechury’s reluctance to go to the hospital despite persistent coughing. “That was the last time I saw my friend,” Gandhi shared, recounting how he urged Yechury to seek medical…
NEW DELHI: President Droupadi Murmu, PM Narendra Modi and prominent leaders of the country condoled the passing of CPM general secretary Sitaram Yechury with the PM calling him a “leading light of the Left known for his ability to connect across the political spectrum“.Murmu said Yechury, a committed ideologue, won friends across party lines. “Saddened…
NEW DELHI: Sitaram Yechury was once a young firebrand from Chennai who made his mark in Indian politics with an audacious stand against one of India’s most formidable leaders Indira Gandhi back in the 1970s.Sitaram Yechury, who would go on to become a stalwart of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), began his journey…
NEW DELHI: Veteran CPM leader Sitaram Yechury passed away on Thursday at the age of 72 after prolonged illness, marking an end to a political legacy that spanned almost 5 decades.Yechury was undergoing treatment for Pneumonia at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi.Marking the beginning of his political career at Jawaharlal Nehru…
NEW DELHI: Veteran CPM leader Sitaram Yechury passed away at the age of 72 after a prolonged illness. The CPM general secretary was in a critical condition and receiving respiratory support at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in New Delhi. Yechury was being treated in the hospital’s Intensive Care Unit (ICU) for…
NEW DELHI: Communist Party (Marxist) general secretary Sitaram Yechury was admitted to AIIMS Delhi on Monday after he complained of high fever.Yechury was admitted to the hospital‘s emergency department in the evening and later shifted to Intensive Care Unit (ICU).Yechury had initially gone for a checkup and was subsequently admitted for pneumonia, news agency PTI…
