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Sitaram Yechury

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  • Born 12 August 1952
  • Birth Place Chennai
  • Profession Politician
  • Political Party Communist Party Of India (Marxist)
  • In Office General Secretary Of The Communist Party Of India (Marxist) 19 April 2015 - 12 September 2024, Member Of The Politburo Of The Communist Party Of India (Marxist) 10 January 1992 - 12 September 2024, Member Of Parliament, Rajya Sabha 19 August 2005 - 18 August 2017

Sitaram Yechury BIOGRAPHY

Last Updated : 19 Jan 2025
CPI(M) general secretary and former Rajya Sabha MP Sitaram Yechury passed away on September 12 at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in New Delhi, where he was admitted on August 19 with pneumonia. He was 72. ...

Sitaram Yechury PERSONAL LIFE

Spouse Seema Chishti
Education Jawaharlal Nehru University (MA), St. Stephen's College (BA)

POSITIONS HELD BY Sitaram Yechury

Position Tenure
Member of Rajya Sabha 19 August 2005 - 18 August 2017

SITARAM YECHURY NEWS

Talk of NRC, CAB nothing but bid to divide people further: Sitaram Yechury

October 18, 2019 5:53 am

The CPM leader accused the BJP of trying to destroy the secular fabric of the nation by talking about the implementation of NRC and Citizenship (Amendment) Bill across the country.

CPI(M) leader M Y Tarigami free to go back to Srinagar, says Supreme Court

September 16, 2019 8:31 pm

The apex court had earlier directed authorities to bring Tarigami to New Delhi from Srinagar, where he had been detained after the Centre abrogated Article 370.

Ailing CPM leader Tarigami shifted from Srinagar to AIIMS on SC order

September 09, 2019 10:39 am

Accompanied by a doctor, a relative and a police officer, Tarigami arrived here and was immediately taken to AIIMS, the officials said.

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September 06, 2019 9:05 am

From CPM General Secretary Sitaram Yechury's interview to The Indian Express to the court allowing Chidambaram to carry his medicines to jail, here's what is making news today morning.

Sitaram Yechury: ‘Habeas corpus means bring body... instead of bringing body, petitioner was asked to visit’

September 06, 2019 12:30 pm

We welcome the interim verdict which they have given, asking that Mohammed Yousuf Tarigami should be shifted to AIIMS, said Sitaram Yechury.

Shift ailing CPM leader Tarigami from Srinagar to AIIMS in Delhi: SC on Sitaram Yechury plea

September 05, 2019 4:57 pm

The Supreme Court ruling came on a writ of habeas corpus petition filed by CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury, who was allowed to travel to Srinagar to visit the ailing leader last week.

Sitaram Yechury files report in Supreme Court on J&K visit

September 03, 2019 2:52 am

On August 28, an SC bench comprising CJI Ranjan Gogoi and Justices S A Bobde and S Abdul Nazeer had allowed Yechury, who had moved a writ of habeas corpus petition, to visit J&K only to enquire about his health and “for no other purpose”.

Congress demands White Paper on state of economy from government

August 27, 2019 8:06 pm

CPI(M) leader Sitaram Yechury alleged that since 2014 the Modi government had appropriated 99 per cent of RBI's profits to fund its propaganda campaigns.

J&K: Sitaram Yechury moves SC for production of detained CPI(M) leader Tarigami

August 24, 2019 1:13 pm

The matter is likely to be heard in the apex court on Monday, August 26. The writ petition has been filed under Article 32 of the Constitution, the party said.

'Fun and frolic' in Corbett will not solve grave economic crisis: Sitaram Yechury

August 14, 2019 3:01 pm

"We have not heard any coherent plan from the govt except same rabid, divisive spiel meant to cause social disharmony," Sitaram Yechury said.

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