After the sudden demise of the CPI-M General Secretary Sitaram Yechury earlier this month, the party will now function through the collective leadership of the exiting politburo with Yechury’s predecessor Prakash Karat acting as the “politburo coordinator.”
With the passing away of Sitaram Yechury, India has lost a conscientious politician and revolutionary. He belonged to the first crop of free India’s bright youngsters who carried the dream of a better India, a socialist India which would serve the interests of the many and not just the few.
Sitaram Yechury, CPM general secretary died at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences ( AIMS), New Delhi this afternoon after a brief illness.
Swara Bhaskar expresses grief over the death of CPI(M) leader Sitaram Yechury, calling him a "towering figure of progressive politics" and a mentor to many.
CPI-M General Secretary Sitaram Yechury, who passed away at the age of 72 on Thursday, was a product of this liberal faction within the party.
Speaking at the concluding fete of party's centenary year events, Biman Bose also asked the CPIM leaders and cadres to not use the pandemic as an excuse.
In a letter Yechury said Bihar Chief Electoral Officer had made this proposal for the entire election campaign to be conducted on a virtual platform because of the pandemic.
After a successful mayoral tenure at the Kolkata Municipal Corporation, Bhattacharya could not compete for a Rajya Sabha seat from this state on a technicality.
Earlier, buoyed by the Delhi poll results, 17 Left parties launched a country-wide agitation against the Prime Minister Narendra Modi led government's divisive politics.
PM Modi tore into the Opposition in marathon of combative speeches in the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha ahead of Assembly polls in the national capital
