Sunday, October 13, 2024
News

CPI(M) General Secretary Sitaram Yechury passes away due to pneumonia

   SocialTwist Tell-a-Friend    Print this Page   COMMENT

New Delhi | September 12, 2024 4:41:41 PM IST
Communist Party of India (Marxist) General Secretary Sitaram Yechury passed away on Thursday due to pneumonia.

Yechury was admitted to the AIIMS in Delhi on August 19, 2024. He had been first admitted to the emergency ward and then shifted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU).

"Sitaram Yechury CPI(M) General Secretary no more. He was admitted in AIIMS," CPI(M) leader Hannan Mollah told ANI.

Sitaram Yechury was a prominent Indian politician who held a seat in the CPM politburo for 32 years and served as the party's General Secretary from 2015. Additionally, he represented West Bengal in the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Indian parliament, from 2005 to 2017.(ANI)

 
  LATEST COMMENTS (0)
POST YOUR COMMENT
Comments Not Available
 
POST YOUR COMMENT
 
 
TRENDING TOPICS
 
 
CITY NEWS
MORE CITIES
 
 
INDIA WORLD ASIA
'Justice must be ensured': Congress chie...
RSS chief emphasises social harmony, mut...
Baba Siddique sustained two gunshot woun...
'No one has courage to enter borders of ...
Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde visits Mumb...
'Painful': Maharashtra DyCM Ajit Pawar c...
More...    
 
 Top Stories
Mansoor Bin Mohammed visits UAE's L... 
Section 144 imposed in Pakistan's K... 
Baba Siddique sustained two gunshot... 
149th IPU assembly to address AI, t... 
"No one has courage to enter border... 
Former Scottish first minister Alex... 
Baba Siddique shot dead in Mumbai: ... 
Aditi Rao Hydari makes a statement ...