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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

Our priority is to keep BJP out, will do whatever is required to do that: Sitaram Yechury

March 18, 2019 10:01 am

CPI (M) General Secretary Sitaram Yechury, 66, addressed a rally of Left parties in Jind town of Haryana Sunday.

Rahul Gandhi will talk to CPI-M to resolve seat-sharing issue in Bengal: Congress

March 06, 2019 8:07 pm

Sources said that Gandhi will talk to Yechury to iron out differences over Raiganj and Murshidabad Lok Sabha seats currently represented by CPI-M leaders Mohammad Salim and Badaruddoza Khan.

Delhi Confidential: Inside Story

March 05, 2019 4:56 am

CPM Maharashtra state secretary Narasayya Adam's suspension is for three months and he will be able to attend the next meeting, likely in June or July.

Maharashtra: CPM suspends party state secretary for praising PM Narendra Modi

March 05, 2019 2:25 am

The CPM stated that his suspension “is a consequence of his speech at a public event in Solapur in the presence of the Prime Minister and state Chief Minister which hurt the party's image.”

Will decide on poll partners based on state-level equations: CPI(M)

February 09, 2019 8:27 pm

Addressing a press conference after a two-day Politburo meeting, Yechury said the party's poll strategy will completely depend on local factors and necessities.

Sitaram Yechury: ‘TMC, BJP are playing politics... Both gain due to polarisation’

February 05, 2019 3:39 am

When the Supreme Court directs the CBI to investigate, permission of the state government is not required. So that is not a tenable argument... This does not fall in the category of attack on the right of states.

BJP, TMC two sides of same coin: Sitaram Yechury

June 19, 2020 9:50 am

Addressing a rally at Brigade Parade Grounds in Kolkata, CPM general secretary Sitaram Yechury described Prime Minister Narendra Modi as a “chowkidar (watchman) under whose watch loot and communalism are rampant in the country”.

Have to defeat 'chowkidar' Modi to save country: Sitaram Yechury

February 03, 2019 8:02 pm

"The Centre, which has looted the country for past five years, is now doling out sops ahead of elections," Yechury said, while addressing a rally at Brigade Parade Ground here.

Farmers earning less than before but govt waiving unpaid loans of cronies: Sitaram Yechury

December 03, 2018 3:55 pm

"The Modi govt has not only destroyed India's economy with its Jumlanomics, but it has also hurt the credibility of India's data. We demand that this fraudulent data be withdrawn," tweeted Sitaram Yechury. 

Sitaram Yechury condemns PM Modi's comments on judiciary, calls it 'completely unacceptable'

November 26, 2018 2:31 pm

CPI (M) strongly condemns these sort of comments by the PM and calls upon people to reject it, the communist leader said.

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