Prakash Karat recalls Yechury’s role in forming INDIA bloc, calls for ‘collective leadership’ in his absence
Prakash Karat spoke at a meeting in Agartala organised in memory of Sitaram Yechury, who passed away on September 12.
CPI (M) General Secretary Sitaram Yechury. (Express Archive) CPI(M) politburo member Prakash Karat on Tuesday said party general secretary Sitaram Yechury’s death was a great loss for Left and secular forces and called for a “collective leadership”.
While addressing a commemorative meeting organised for Yechury in Agartala, Karat also discussed the vital role Yechury played in forming the INDIA bloc to challenge the BJP in the Lok Sabha polls.
Yechury passed away on September 12 at the age of 72. He served as a member of the Rajya Sabha for two terms, from 2005 to 2017, and was chosen as the ‘Best Parliamentarian’ in 2017.
Karat, who had served as the CPI(M) politburo secretary before Yechury, said, “He (Yechury) always placed importance on strengthening and broadening the party’s support base. He also emphasised strengthening the unity of secular forces to defeat the BJP, RSS, and other communal forces. His death is a great loss not only for the party but also for the secular forces of the country.”
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