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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

Kejriwal meets Yechury, appeals to Cong again

May 31, 2023 3:31 am

Said Yechury: “We would like for the Congress to sit across the table and discuss this issue... together we will fight against those who are trying to throw away the constitutional norms...”

Congress turns Karnataka swearing-in into a show of strength and Opposition unity

May 20, 2023 5:35 pm

Six CMs, other Opposition leaders attend event along with party brass at stadium to witness Siddaramaiah, D K Shivakumar and eight other ministers take oath

Will tie up with Cong in Tripura, also want TIPRA Motha in: CPM makes it formal

January 12, 2023 2:52 am

Sitaram Yechury brushes away questions over failed West Bengal alliance, Motha's Greater Tipraland demand saying first priority is defeating BJP

After calling Pinarayi ‘mundu Modi’, Jairam’s next: Yechury gen secy of both CPM, Cong

November 13, 2022 9:36 am

Sometimes Yechury’s influence more in Congress than CPM, says Ramesh at an RSP meet

Yechury general secretary of both CPM, Congress, says Jairam Ramesh

November 13, 2022 8:15 am

“ Yechury is general secretary of CPM and general secretary of Congress. And sometimes…his influence in Congress is more than in CPM. And the same thing can be said about Raja,” he said.

Sitaram Yechury blows poll bugle in Tripura, asks secular forces to unite

October 21, 2022 5:11 pm

In a mythological reference, Yechury said just like the rakshasas or evil powers stole the 'amrit' or elixir of life after the 'samudra manthan', in today’s world, the 'amrit' or authority has been stolen by the BJP.

Social justice and secular democracy remained vital pillars for Mulayam, says Sitaram Yechury

October 10, 2022 8:48 pm

The CPM general secretary recalls his association with the Samajwadi Party founder and the few occasions where the Left had serious disagreements with the latter's party.

In his hop for united Oppn, Nitish meets Kejriwal, Akhilesh, Yechury

September 07, 2022 6:58 am

On Tuesday, Nitish met Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal, CPIM general secretary Sitaram Yechury, CPI general secretary D Raja, former Union minister and RJD leader Sharad Yadav, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav and INLD chief OP Chautala.

'Don't desire PM candidature,' says Bihar CM Nitish Kumar as he meets Opposition leaders in Delhi

September 06, 2022 2:25 pm

"I am not even the claimant, I don't even desire it," Nitish told reporters, soon after he met CPI(M) leader Sitaram Yechury in New Delhi. 

JD(U) national council meet ends: Rahul, Kejriwal, Yechury on his 'Opp unity' itinerary, Nitish arrives in Delhi today

September 05, 2022 7:25 am

Says will never ally with BJP again, rejoining NDA in 2017 was a mistake

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