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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

Opposition won’t allow land bill to be passed, or defeated: Sitaram Yechury

June 24, 2015 8:47 am

TMC ‘slightly ahead’ of Left, says state CPM secretary Surjya Kanta Mishra.

Return to CPM: Will consider comeback if properly approached by party, says Somnath Chatterjee

June 15, 2015 12:43 am

The former CPM leader conceded that there remains a doubt on “what use would I be of to the party”.

CPI(M) yet to take call on Janata Parivar alliance

June 09, 2015 9:58 am

Yechury said the CPM will contest the polls mainly with the CPI and CPI (Marxist-Leninist).

Linking voter card to Aadhaar can lead to abuse of data: Sitaram Yechury to CEC Nasim Zaidi

May 21, 2015 1:53 am

Yechury termed the exercise by electoral officers as “strange” and expressed concern about the possible misuse of such a database.

Narendra Modi's first year in power a disaster for country: CPM head Yechury

May 19, 2015 6:39 pm

Yechury said that the government has found a new way of bypassing Rajya Sabha where it is in a minority by declaring most of legislative measures as "money bills".

Delhi confidential: Move Awaited

May 19, 2015 3:15 am

Yechury is still working out of his old office and does not seem to be in a hurry to move to the general secretary’s room.

CPM supports AAP, says Centre encroaching on elected govt’s rights

May 18, 2015 2:07 am

Sitaram Yechury accused BJP government at the Centre of encroaching upon the rights of the elected government in Delhi.

Left failed to turn Indo-US nuke deal into poll issue: CPI(M) head Yechury

May 10, 2015 3:22 pm

CPI(M) head Yechury maintained during the interview that the party's decision to oppose the nuclear deal was correct.

Modi government's foreign investment policies will not work, says CPI(M) General Secretary Yechury

May 04, 2015 3:13 pm

The investment policies will not work because it will not create productive capacity and there is no purchasing power with the people, says Sitaram Yechury

Views from right: Sitaram Yechury’s challenge

May 01, 2015 12:32 am

An article in the Organiser asks whether Sitaram Yechury will be able to deal with the factionalism in the party’s Kerala unit.

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