Nadda, Sonia among leaders with diverse political ideologies pay homage to Sitaram Yechury
Nadda paid floral tributes to the mortal remains of the former Rajya Sabha MP Yechury, who passed away at the age of 72 on Thursday, at his residence.
Nadda paid floral tributes to the mortal remains of the former Rajya Sabha MP Yechury, who passed away at the age of 72 on Thursday, at his residence.
Sitaram Yechury passed away on 12th September at AIIMS, New Delhi.
Expressing grief over the demise of the CPM leader, she said, “I am very saddened by the passing away of Sitaram Yechury ji. We had worked closely together during 2004-08 to begin with and the friendship that had been established then continued till his very end.”
Some leaders emerge during elections, such as Lok Sabha or Assembly polls. One such person is 59-year-old Sunita, the wife of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. She has become a crucial link between her jailed husband and the party.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge, Congress Parliamentary Party (CPP) Chairperson Sonia Gandhi and Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi paid rich tributes to former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi on his birth anniversary on Tuesday.
She said she will not contest the next Lok Sabha elections because of health reasons and increasing age.
According to a communique issued by Congress general secretary in-charge of organisation KC Venugopal, the Congress Parliamentary Party (CPP) chairperson is the party’s nominee in Rajasthan.
Four sets of nomination papers, proposed and seconded by MLAs were submitted to Election Officer and Assembly Secretary Mahavir Prasad Sharma.
The former Congress president will represent Congress from Rajasthan in the upper House of Parliament.
She was replying to a day-long discussion on the Modi Government’s White Paper on the economy in the Lok Sabha.
