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CPI(M) General Secretary Sitaram Yechury passes away : Communist Party of India (Marxist) General Secretary Sitaram Yechury has passed away at the age of 72. He was admitted to AIIMS hospital in Delhi a few days ago due to breathing problems. He was admitted to AIIMS on August 19 after suffering from chest infection.
Yechury recently underwent a cataract operation
Sitaram Yechury was admitted to the emergency department of AIIMS on August 19 after complaining of fever. He was admitted to the hospital due to pneumonia. He had recently undergone a cataract operation.
Know who is Sitaram Yechury?
Sitaram Yechury, general secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), was born on 12 August 1952 in Chennai. He has a BA in Economics from St. Stephen's College, Delhi and an MA from Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU). He joined the Students Federation of India in 1974.
Yechury was known as a prominent face of leftist politics
Sitaram Yechury became a member of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) in 1975. In 1984, he was inducted into the Central Committee of the CPI(M). He later became the party's general secretary in 2015. He was elected to the Rajya Sabha from West Bengal in 2005. He is considered a prominent face of left-wing politics.
Academic and Political Career of Sitaram Yechury
Sitaram Yechury was born on 12 August 1952 in Madras (Chennai) in a Telugu-speaking Brahmin family. His father Sarveshwar Somayajula Yechury was an engineer in the Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation. His mother Kalpakam Yechury was a government official.
Sitaram Yechury studied at President Estate School, New Delhi and secured the first rank at the all India level in the Higher Secondary Examination of the Central Board of Secondary Education. He then studied BA (Hons) in Economics from St. Stephen's College, Delhi. He then did his MA in Economics from Jawaharlal Nehru University. When he was a student at JNU during the Emergency, he was arrested.