Sitaram Yechury: CPM Chief, Raconteur And Pragmatic Face Of Left

New Delhi: NAME: Sitaram Yechury, AGE: 72. Sitaram Yechury, the fifth general secretary of the CPM, died on September 12, 2024, after a prolonged illness. He was admitted for days at Delhi’s All-India Institute of Medical Sciences after he had contracted a lung infection. He was mourned by scores of friends from all walks of life and political leaders across party lines. Prime Minister Narendra Modi remembered the comrade as a “leading light of the Left”. Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi called him “a protector of the idea of India”.