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{{Short description|Indian politician (1952–2024)}}
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| name = Sitaram Yechury
| caption = Sitaram Yechury in Kollam, Kerala during Assembly election 2011
| image = Sitaram Yechury, 2013.jpg
| birth_date={{birth date and age|mf=yes|1952|8|12}}
| caption = Yechury in 2013
| birth_place = [[Chennai, Tamil Nadu]]
| office = [[General Secretary]] of the [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
| alma mater = Nizam College, Hyderabad
| term_start = 19 April 2015
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| term_end = 12 September 2024
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| predecessor = [[Prakash Karat]]
| constituency =
| successor = [[Prakash Karat]] (''interim co-ordinator'')
| office = Politburo Member,
Communist Party of India (Marxist)
| office1 = Member of the [[Politburo of the Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
| term_start1 = 10 January 1992
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| term_end1 = 12 September 2024
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| party = [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]] [[Image:South Asian Communist Banner.svg|30px]]
| term_end2 = 18 August 2017
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| predecessor2 = [[Abani Roy]]
| website =
| successor2 = [[Shanta Chhetri]]
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| death_place = [[New Delhi]], India
'''Sitaram Yechury''' (born August 12, 1952) is an [[India]]n politician and one of the [[Communism|communist]] leaders in the country. He is a member of the [[politburo]] of the [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]] and the party's Parliamentary group leader.
| party = [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
| spouse = [[Seema Chishti]]
| relations = [[Mohan Kanda]] (maternal uncle)
| alma_mater = [[Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi|Jawaharlal Nehru University]] ([[Master of Arts|MA]])<br/>[[St. Stephen's College, Delhi|St. Stephen's College]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])
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'''Sitaram Yechury''' (12 August 1952 – 12 September 2024) was an Indian [[Marxism|Marxist]] politician and the General Secretary of the [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]], who was a member of the [[Politburo of the Communist Party of India (Marxist)|Politburo of the CPI(M)]] since 1992. Previously, he was a [[Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha]], [[West Bengal]], from 2005 to 2017.

==Early life==
[[File:Comrade Sitaram Yechury.jpg|thumb|left|A charcoal portrait of Sitaram Yechury by [[Amitabh Mitra]]]]

Yechury was born on 12 August 1952 into a [[Telugu Brahmin]] family in [[Madras]].<ref name=SRY1>{{cite news|title=Sitaram Yechury: Suave, Soft-Spoken and Dynamic|url=http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/sitaram-yechury-suave-soft-spoken-and-dynamic-756280|access-date=19 April 2015|agency=NDTV|date=19 April 2015}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite news |date=12 September 2024 |title=Who was Sitaram Yechury? From political career, education to family, here's all you should know about the Chanakya of coalition politics |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/who-was-sitaram-yechury-from-political-career-education-to-family-heres-all-you-should-know-about-the-chanakya-of-coalition-politics/articleshow/113293528.cms?from=mdr |access-date=15 September 2024 |work=The Economic Times |issn=0013-0389}}</ref> His father Sarveswara Somayajula Yechury and mother Kalpakam Yechury are natives of [[Kakinada]], [[Andhra Pradesh]]. His father was an engineer in the [[Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation]].<ref name=SSYechury>{{Cite news |date=24 July 2011 |title=S.S. Yechury memorial office building opened |url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-andhrapradesh/ss-yechury-memorial-office-building-opened/article2291622.ece |access-date=12 September 2024 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref> His mother was a government officer and currently lives in Kakinada.<ref name="Mukul">{{Cite news |last=Mukul |first=Akshaya |date=20 April 2015 |title=1969 Telangana agitation brought Sitaram Yechury to Delhi |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/1969-telangana-agitation-brought-sitaram-yechury-to-delhi/articleshow/46984164.cms |access-date=12 September 2024 |work=The Economic Times |issn=0013-0389}}</ref>

Yechury grew up in [[Hyderabad, India|Hyderabad]], and studied at the [[All Saints High School (Hyderabad)|All Saints High School, Hyderabad]], till his tenth standard.<ref>{{cite news |first=K. |last=Venkateshwarlu |date=19 November 2005 |url=http://www.thehindu.com/2005/11/10/stories/2005111017220200.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100520231435/http://www.thehindu.com/2005/11/10/stories/2005111017220200.htm |archive-date=20 May 2010|title=All Saints High School in select group |work=The Hindu |url-status=dead}}</ref> The [[1969 Telangana Agitation|Telangana agitation of 1969]] brought him to Delhi.<ref name=Mukul/> He joined Presidents Estate School, [[New Delhi]], and achieved the All-India first rank in the [[Central Board of Secondary Education]] Higher Secondary Examination.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.cpim.org/content/sitaram-yechury | title=Sitaram Yechury | date=28 August 2009 }}</ref> Subsequently, he studied B.A. (Hons.) in Economics at [[St. Stephen's College, Delhi]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.archive.india.gov.in/govt/rajyasabhampbiodata.php?mpcode=1989|title=Detailed Profile – Shri Sitaram Yechury – Members of Parliament (Rajya Sabha) – Who's Who – Government: National Portal of India|work=india.gov.in}}</ref> and M.A. in Economics, from [[Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi|Jawaharlal Nehru University]] (JNU), achieving first class in both. He joined the JNU for a Ph.D. in Economics,<ref name="Biography of Sitaram Yechuri">{{Cite web |date=14 March 2011 |title=Biography of Sitaram Yechuri |url=http://www.winentrance.com/general_knowledge/sitaram-yechuri.html |website=winentrance.com |access-date=30 November 2014 |archive-date=16 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230716060004/http://www.winentrance.com/general_knowledge/sitaram-yechuri.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> which was aborted with his arrest during [[The Emergency (India)|The Emergency]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=12 September 2024 |title=Comrade Yechury, an idealist who smiled, fought and survived the darkest times – CNBC TV18 |url=https://www.cnbctv18.com/obituary/obituary-comrade-sitaram-yechuri-a-man-of-revolution-and-a-song-saira-shah-halim-19475317.htm |access-date=14 September 2024 |website=CNBCTV18 |language=en}}</ref>


==Political career==
==Political career==
Yechury joined the Students Federation of India (SFI) in 1974. A year later, he joined the [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]. In 1975, he completed his M.A., first class, in Economics, from [[Jawaharlal Nehru University]] (JNU) in Delhi. Subsequently, he joined JNU for a Ph.D. degree which he could not complete due to his arrest during [[Indian Emergency (1975–77)|The Emergency]].
Yechury joined the [[Students' Federation of India]] (SFI) in 1974. A year later, he joined the [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sitaram Yechury passes away |url=https://www.deshabhimani.com/english/news/national/sitaram-yechury-passes-away/9170 |access-date=14 September 2024 |website=Deshabhimani |language=en}}</ref>


He was underground for some time, organising resistance to the Emergency, before his arrest in 1975. After the Emergency, he was elected as President of the JNU Students' Union thrice during one year (1977–78).{{cn|date=July 2013}}
Yechury was arrested in 1975 during [[The Emergency (India)|the Emergency]] while he was still a student at JNU. He went underground for some time, organising resistance to the Emergency, before his arrest. After the Emergency, he was elected as the President of the [[Jawaharlal Nehru University Students' Union|JNU Students' Union]] thrice during one year (1977–78).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cpim.org/content/sitaram-yechury|title=Sitaram Yechury – Communist Party of India|website=Communist Party of India|access-date=20 September 2019|date=28 August 2009}}</ref> Yechury, along with [[Prakash Karat]], created a leftist unit at JNU.<ref name=Pillai/>


In 1978, Yechury was elected as All-India Joint Secretary of SFI, and went on to become the All India President of SFI. He was the first president of SFI who was not from Kerala or Bengal.<ref name=Mukul/> In 1984, he was elected to the Central Committee of the [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]]. In 1985, the party constitution was modified, and a five-man central secretariat—Yechury, [[Prakash Karat]], Sunil Moitra, [[P. Ramachandran]] and [[S. Ramachandran Pillai]]—was elected to work under the direction and control of the politburo.<ref name="Pillai">{{Cite web |first=Sreedhar |last=Pillai |date=31 January 1989 |title=13th party congress of CPI(M) in Trivandrum one of the most significant in its history |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/special-report/story/19890131-13th-party-congress-of-cpim-in-trivandrum-one-of-the-most-significant-in-its-history-815722-1989-01-30 |access-date=12 September 2024 |website=India Today |language=en}}</ref> He left the SFI in 1986. He was then elected to the [[Politburo of the Communist Party of India (Marxist)|Politburo]] at the Fourteenth Congress in 1992<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cpimkerala.org/eng/conferences-6.php?n=1 |title=Party Congress |publisher=Cpimkerala.org |access-date=23 April 2015 |archive-date=25 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201025112604/https://www.cpimkerala.org/eng/conferences-6.php?n=1 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and as the fifth General Secretary of CPI(M) at the party's 21st party Congress in [[Visakhapatnam]] on 19 April 2015. He and&nbsp;politburo member [[S. Ramachandran Pillai]] were the frontrunners for the post but the former was unanimously chosen after Pillai chose to withdraw.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Joshua|first=Anita|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/yechury-set-to-become-next-cpim-general-secretary/article7118990.ece|title=Yechury is new CPI(M) chief|date=19 April 2015|work=The Hindu|access-date=18 February 2020|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> He succeeded [[Prakash Karat]], who had held the post for three consecutive terms, from 2005 to 2015. He was again re-elected as General Secretary of CPI(M) at the 22nd Party Congress held at Hyderabad in April 2018.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2018/apr/22/sitaram-yechury-re-elected-as-cpim-general-secretary-1804905.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180429143335/http://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2018/apr/22/sitaram-yechury-re-elected-as-cpim-general-secretary-1804905.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=29 April 2018 |title = Sitaram Yechury re-elected as CPI(M) general secretary}}</ref> He was elected for a third term as General Secretary of CPI(M) at the 23rd Party Congress held at [[Kannur]], [[Kerala]] in April 2022.<ref>{{cite web |title=Yechury re-elected CPI(M) general secretary |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/yechury-re-elected-cpim-general-secretary/article65309045.ece/amp/ |website=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=27 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230204155813/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/yechury-re-elected-cpim-general-secretary/article65309045.ece/amp/ |archive-date=4 February 2023 |language=en-IN |date=10 April 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref>
In 1978, he was elected as All India Joint Secretary of SFI, and went on the become the All India President of SFI. He left SFI in 1986. In 1984, he was invited to the Central Committee of the [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]]. He was elected to the Central Committee in the CPI(M) XII Congress in 1985, to the Central Secretariat at the Thirteenth Congress in 1988 and to the Politburo at the Fourteenth Congress in 1992.


Yechury was considered to uphold the coalition-building legacy of former general secretary [[Harkishan Singh Surjeet]]. He worked with [[P. Chidambaram]] to draft the [[common minimum programme|common minimum program]] for the [[United Front (India, 1996)|United Front]] government in 1996 and had actively pursued the coalition-building process during the formation of the [[United Progressive Alliance]] government in 2004 and [[Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance]] in 2023.<ref name="Ramachandran">{{Cite news |last=Ramachandran |first=Rajesh |date=20 April 2015 |title=Sitaram Yechury: A fine combination of pleasant personality, interpersonal skills & flair for negotiation |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/sitaram-yechury-a-fine-combination-of-pleasant-personality-interpersonal-skills-flair-for-negotiation/articleshow/46981752.cms |access-date=12 September 2024 |work=The Economic Times |issn=0013-0389}}</ref><ref name="Joshua">{{Cite news |first=Anita |last=Joshua |date=19 April 2015 |title=Yechury has an unenviable task on hand |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/Yechury-has-an-unenviable-task-on-hand/article60329405.ece |access-date=12 September 2024 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref name=":0" />
He was elected to Rajya Sabha from [[West Bengal]] in July 2005.<ref>[http://www.hindu.com/2005/08/23/stories/2005082306871200.htm http://www.hindu.com/2005/08/23/stories/2005082306871200.htm]</ref>


He is a columnist with ''[[Hindustan Times]]'', a widely circulated daily.<ref>[http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/FullcoverageStoryPage.aspx?id=3b5fdfc7-66bb-428e-8948-e312d3dacba0Nucleardealimbroglio_Special&MatchID1=4574&TeamID1=8&TeamID2=2&MatchType1=1&SeriesID1=1147&PrimaryID=4574&Headline=N-deal+a+threat+to+sovereignty%3a+Yechury http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/FullcoverageStoryPage.aspx?id=3b5fdfc7-66bb-428e-8948-e312d3dacba0Nucleardealimbroglio_Special&MatchID1=4574&TeamID1=8&TeamID2=2&MatchType1=1&SeriesID1=1147&PrimaryID=4574&Headline=N-deal+a+threat+to+sovereignty%3a+Yechury]</ref>
Yechury headed the party's international department, and the party used to depute him as fraternal delegate to the party conferences of most socialist countries.<ref name="WireMahaprashastaLegacy24">{{Cite web |first=Ajoy Ashirwad |last=Mahaprashasta |title=A Fighter and a Thinker, Sitaram Yechury Leaves Behind a Towering Legacy |url=https://thewire.in/politics/remembering-sitaram-yechury-communist-cpim-leader |access-date=12 September 2024 |website=The Wire |language=en}}</ref> A prolific writer, he authored many books and wrote the fortnightly column ''Left Hand Drive'' for ''[[Hindustan Times]]'', a widely circulated daily.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/FullcoverageStoryPage.aspx?id=3b5fdfc7-66bb-428e-8948-e312d3dacba0Nucleardealimbroglio_Special&MatchID1=4574&TeamID1=8&TeamID2=2&MatchType1=1&SeriesID1=1147&PrimaryID=4574&Headline=N-deal+a+threat+to+sovereignty%3a+Yechury |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130125144653/http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/FullcoverageStoryPage.aspx?id=3b5fdfc7-66bb-428e-8948-e312d3dacba0Nucleardealimbroglio_Special&MatchID1=4574&TeamID1=8&TeamID2=2&MatchType1=1&SeriesID1=1147&PrimaryID=4574&Headline=N-deal+a+threat+to+sovereignty:+Yechury|url-status=dead|archive-date=25 January 2013|work=Hindustan Times|title=Latest News, India,&nbsp;Cricket, Sports, Bollywood}}</ref> He edited party's fortnightly newspaper ''[[People's Democracy (newspaper)|People's Democracy]]'' for 20 years.<ref name=PTI>{{cite web |first=Saubhadra |last=Chatterji |date=19 April 2015 |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india/sitaram-yechury-s-journey-from-an-activist-to-cpi-m-general-secretary/story-MhfGHIZqXbenWkhXUK3BtM.html |title=From an activist to CPI-M general secretary: Sitaram Yechury's journey |work=Hindustan Times |access-date=13 September 2024}}</ref>

===Role in Rajya Sabha===
[[File:The Vice President, Shri M. Hamid Ansari giving away the Lokmat Parliamentary Award 2017 to the Member of Parliament (RS), Shri Sitaram Yechury, in New Delhi (1).jpg|thumb|left|Yechury receiving Best Parliamentarian Award ([[Rajya Sabha]]) in 2017]]

Yechury was elected to [[Rajya Sabha]] from [[West Bengal]] in July 2005.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/2005/08/23/stories/2005082306871200.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060214042002/http://www.hindu.com/2005/08/23/stories/2005082306871200.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=14 February 2006|work=[[The Hindu]]|title=National : Yechury, Brinda Karat take oath|date=23 August 2005}}</ref> He was known for bringing several popular issues to the notice of parliament and for raising questions on important issues. On blaming by the ruling party for frequent disruptions in parliament, he said that government cannot escape from its responsibility by blaming the opposition for frequent disruptions. He justified disruptions in parliament by calling it a legitimate process in a democracy.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2015-01-08/news/57838285_1_parliament-disruptions-sitaram-yechury-opposition-parties|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150403015519/http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2015-01-08/news/57838285_1_parliament-disruptions-sitaram-yechury-opposition-parties|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 April 2015|title=Government can't blame Opposition for bedlam in Parliament: Sitaram Yechury|work=timesofindia-economictimes}}</ref>

During the negotiations for the [[Indo-US Nuclear Pact]], Yechury listed in the Rajya Sabha all the conditions that the CPM required of the agreement. After the [[Manmohan Singh]] government satisfied all the conditions, he was overruled by [[Prakash Karat]], who claimed that the agreement still violated the CPM's idea of independent foreign policy. It was said that this left Yechury "displeased and helpless".<ref>{{cite book |last=Baru |first=Sanjaya |author-link=Sanjaya Baru |title=The Accidental Prime Minister: The Making and Unmaking of Manmohan Singh |publisher=Penguin India |year=2014 |isbn=9789351186380 |pages=226–227|title-link=The Accidental Prime Minister }}</ref>

On 3 March 2015 during parliament session, Yechury moved an amendment to President [[Pranab Mukherjee]]'s address on the inaugural day of Parliament's budget session. This was passed by division of votes in [[Rajya Sabha]], and it was an embarrassment to the Modi government. Parliamentary affairs minister [[Venkaiah Naidu]] stated that Yechury's concern had been noted and requested him to not go ahead with the amendment as this was not a convention. Yechury said normally he would accept such a request, but he was pressing for the amendment as the government left no choice as even after 14 hours of debate, opposition was denied opportunity to seek clarification on the Prime Minister's reply. This was the fourth time in Rajya Sabha's history that an amendment moved by the opposition to the motion of thanks to the President's address had been passed.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/opposition-gets-amendment-passed-in-rajya-sabha-embarrassing-government/article6955737.ece|title=Opposition gets amendment passed in Rajya Sabha embarrassing government|date=3 March 2015|work=The Hindu|access-date=18 February 2020|issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/president-speech-rajya-sabha-amends-modi-government/1/422077.html|title=Embarrassment for Modi: Rajya Sabha amends note on President's speech|work=intoday.in|date=3 March 2015 }}</ref>

===Views on United States===
Yechury was a staunch critic of US foreign policy. He also criticised the visit of the US president [[Barack Obama]] as the chief guest of the 2015 [[Republic Day (India)|Republic Day]] parade.<ref name=Zeenews>{{cite web|url=http://zeenews.india.com/news/india/yechury-criticises-govt-for-inviting-obama-on-republic-day_1530033.html|title=Yechury criticises govt for inviting Obama on Republic Day|work=Zee News|date=14 January 2015}}</ref>

While blaming the US for rise of Islamic fundamentalism he said

{{Quote|US military interventions in West Asia have created a situation of complete uncertainty. The military interventions have always given birth to the rise of fundamentalism, which we see today in the menace that has been created by the ISIS. They have given birth to such tendencies.<ref name=Zeenews/>}}

He also blamed the US for its hegemonic attitude; he said

{{Quote|Now, in their (US) quest for global hegemony, they are trying to capture the energy resources in the world. They are trying to control the entire process of the energy transfers or trade in the world. And for this reason, their military interventions has also continuing to deny the Palestinians their legitimate right to a homeland.<ref name="Zeenews" />}}

He was also a staunch critic of [[Revocation of the special status of Jammu and Kashmir|abrogation of article 370 and 35A]] in Jammu and Kashmir.<ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/sitaram-yechury-sees-a-fascistic-project-in-kashmir/article29225607.ece |title = Sitaram Yechury sees a fascistic project in Kashmir|newspaper = The Hindu|date = 23 August 2019}}</ref>

On 12 September 2020, he along with [[Yogendra Yadav]] and others was named in the supplementary chargesheet by [[Delhi Police]] for their alleged role in the [[2020 Delhi riots]]<ref>{{Cite web |title='Politics of BJP's Leadership': Yechury, Others Hit Out at Riots Probe, Delhi Police Responds |url=https://thewire.in/rights/delhi-police-riots-sitaram-yechury |access-date=13 September 2020 |website=The Wire}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |author=Staff Reporter |date=12 September 2020 |title=Police link Sitaram Yechury, Yogendra Yadav to Delhi riots |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/police-link-sitaram-yechury-yogendra-yadav-to-delhi-riots/article32590263.ece |access-date=13 September 2020 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref> over which Yechury responded that [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] was misusing its power to target the opposition.<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=13 September 2020 |title=BJP misusing power to target Opposition: Sitaram Yechury hits out at Centre over Delhi riots chargesheet |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/bjp-misusing-power-target-opposition-sitaram-yechury-hits-out-centre-delhi-riots-chargesheet-1721317-2020-09-13 |access-date=13 September 2020 |magazine=India Today |language=en}}</ref>


==Personal life==
==Personal life==
Yechury was married to journalist [[Seema Chishti|Seema Chishti,]] who is the editor of [[The Wire (India)|''The Wire'']], and formerly the Delhi editor of BBC Hindi Service.<ref name="Wire">{{cite news |date=2 January 2023|title=Seema Chishti Joins The Wire as Editor|url=https://thewire.in/media/seema-chishti-joins-the-wire-as-editor|newspaper=The Wire| access-date= 2 February 2023}}</ref> She was the Resident Editor of ''[[The Indian Express]]'', Delhi. Yechury said in a [[ScoopWhoop]] episode that his wife financially sustained him.<ref>{{Citation|title=Off The Record Ep. 06 ft, Sitaram Yechury, General Secretary, CPI(M)|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5URqXwco1E?t=188|pages=3:08|language=en|quote=Luckily my wife [financially] sustains me|access-date=26 December 2021}}</ref> He was married before, to Indrani Mazumdar, daughter of [[Vina Mazumdar]], and has a daughter and a son from this marriage.<ref>{{Cite news |first=Akshay |last=Mukul |date=23 June 2010 |title=Vina Mazumdar, the fighter |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/people/Vina-Mazumdar-the-fighter/articleshow/6014253.cms |access-date=12 September 2024 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref> His daughter, Akhila Yechury, is a major in history and teaches at the [[University of Edinburgh]] and [[University of St. Andrews]].<ref name="Mukul"/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/history/staff/akhilayechury.html |title=Dr Akhila Yechury: BA (Hons.), MA (Delhi), M.Phil (JNU), PhD (Cantab) |website=University of St. Andrews|access-date=21 April 2015}}</ref> His son Ashish Yechury died on 22 April 2021 due to [[COVID-19]], at the age of 34.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Sitaram Yechury's son Ashish dies of Covid-19 in Gurugram hospital – Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/gurgaon/sitaram-yechurys-son-dies-of-covid-19-in-gurugram-hospital/articleshow/82191001.cms|access-date=23 April 2021|website=The Times of India|date=22 April 2021 |language=en}}</ref> [[Mohan Kanda]] IAS, former Chief Secretary of Andhra Pradesh, is Yechury's maternal uncle.<ref name="SSYechury" />
Yechury is married to journalist [[Seema Chisti]], formerly the Delhi editor of BBC Hindi Service, she is presently the Resident Editor of [[Indian Express]], Delhi. He has a daughter and a son from his first marriage.

==Illness and death==
Yechury was admitted to the department of emergency medicine at [[AIIMS Delhi]] on 19 August 2024 and was put on respiratory support after his condition turned critical in September, according to a statement by the CPI(M).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sitaram Yechury of CPI(M) 'critical', on respiratory support at AIIMS Delhi |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/sitaram-yechury-of-cpi-m-critical-on-respiratory-support-at-aiims-delhi-101725949761814.html |access-date=10 September 2024 |website=[[Hindustan Times]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=12 September 2024 |title=Veteran CPM leader Sitaram Yechury passes away |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/veteran-cpm-leader-sitaram-yechury-passes-away/articleshow/113291264.cms |access-date=12 September 2024 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref> He displayed symptoms of a [[pneumonia]]-like chest infection and died on 12 September, at the age of 72, after suffering from an acute respiratory infection.<ref>{{Cite news |date=12 September 2024 |title=Sitaram Yechury: Indian communist leader dies after illness |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cnvy4djelvpo |access-date=12 September 2024 |website=BBC News |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref name="IEPAsses24">{{Cite web |date=12 September 2024 |title=Sitaram Yechury, CPI(M) general secretary, passes away |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/sitaram-yechury-dead-9563945/ |access-date=12 September 2024 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=12 September 2024 |work=Telegraph India |title=Veteran CPI(M) leader Sitaram Yechury passes away at 72: Party and hospital sources |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/veteran-cpim-leader-sitaram-yechury-passes-away-at-72/cid/2047540}}</ref> His body was donated to AIIMS for teaching and research purposes by his family.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Left Veteran Sitaram Yechury Dies At 72 After Battling Respiratory Illness |url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/sitaram-yechury-dies-at-72-after-battling-respiratory-illness-6548707 |access-date=12 September 2024 |website=NDTV.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last= |first= |date=12 September 2024 |title=Sitaram Yechury, CPI(M) general secretary, passes away at 72 |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/cpim-leader-sitaram-yechury-passes-away/article68633808.ece |access-date=17 September 2024 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

==Works==
Yechury authored the following books:

* ''What Is This Hindu Rashtra?: On Golwalkar's Fascistic Ideology and the Saffron Brigade's Practice'' (Frontline Publications, Hyderabad, 1993)<ref>{{Cite book |last=Yechury |first=Sitaram |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=csy8XwAACAAJ |title=What is this Hindu Rashtra?: On Golwalkar's Fascistic Ideology and the Saffron Brigade's Practice |date=1993 |publisher=Frontline |language=en}}</ref>
* ''Pseudo Hinduism Exposed: Saffron Brigade's Myths and Reality'' (Communist Party of India (Marxist), New Delhi, 1993)<ref>{{Cite book |last=Yechury |first=Sitaram |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0KWwGwAACAAJ |title=Pseudo Hinduism Exposed: "Saffron Brigade's Myths and Reality" |date=1993 |publisher=Communist Party of India (Marxist) |language=en}}</ref>
* ''Caste and Class in Indian Politics Today'' (Prajasakti Book House, Hyderabad, 1997)<ref>{{Cite book |last=Yechury |first=Sitaram |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3BNuAAAAMAAJ |title=Caste and Class in Indian Politics Today |date=1997 |publisher=Prajasakti Book House |language=en}}</ref>
* ''Oil Pool Deficit Or Cesspool of Deceit'' (Communist Party of India (Marxist), New Delhi, 1997)<ref>{{Cite book |last=Yechury |first=Sitaram |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6nv8GgAACAAJ |title=Oil Pool Deficit Or Cesspool of Deceit |date=1997 |publisher=Bhawan |language=en}}</ref>
* ''Socialism in a Changing World'' (Prajasakti Book House, Hyderabad, 2008)<ref>{{Cite book |last=Yechury |first=Sitaram |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ua8-QwAACAAJ |title=Socialism in a Changing World |date=2008 |publisher=Prajasakti Book House |language=en}}</ref>
* Left Hand Drive: Concrete Analysis of Concrete Conditions (Prajasakti Book House, Hyderabad, 2012)<ref>{{Cite book |last=Yecurī |first=Sītārāma |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KOOOMwEACAAJ |title=Left Hand Drive: Concrete Analysis of Concrete Conditions |date=2012 |publisher=Prajasakti Book House |isbn=978-81-86317-35-8 |language=en}}</ref>
* ''Modi Government: New Surge of Communalism'' (Prajasakti Book House, Hyderabad, 2014)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Modi Government - New Surge of Communalism |url=https://mayday.leftword.com/catalog/product/view/id/21908 |access-date=12 September 2024 |website=mayday.leftword.com |language=en}}</ref>
* ''Communalism vs. Secularism''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Secularism Versus Communalism |url=https://mayday.leftword.com/secularism-versus-communalism.html |access-date=12 September 2024 |website=mayday.leftword.com |language=en}}</ref>
* ''Ghrina Ki Rajniti'' (Vani Prakashan, New Delhi, 2006) (in Hindi)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ghrina Ki Rajniti – Hindi book by – Sitaram Yechuri – घृणा की राजनीति – सीताराम येचुरी |url=https://prayog.pustak.org/index.php/books/bookdetails/14802 |access-date=12 September 2024 |website=prayog.pustak.org}}</ref>
Yechury edited the following books:

* ''People's Diary of Freedom Struggle'' (Communist Party of India (Marxist), New Delhi, 2008)<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AiOsPgAACAAJ |title=People's Diary of Freedom Struggle |date=2008 |publisher=People's Democracy |isbn=978-81-906218-1-6 |language=en}}</ref>
* ''The Great Revolt: A Left Appraisal'' (Communist Party of India (Marxist), New Delhi)<ref>{{Cite book |last=Yecurī |first=Sītārāma |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=k30MAQAAMAAJ |title=The Great Revolt: A Left Appraisal |date=2008 |publisher=People's Democracy |isbn=978-81-906218-0-9 |language=en}}</ref>
* ''Global Economic Crisis: A Marxist Perspective''<ref>{{Cite news |date=12 June 2011 |title=Anti-Left forces attempt to weaken Left parties, alleges Yechury |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/antileft-forces-attempt-to-weaken-left-parties-alleges-yechury/article2098918.ece |access-date=12 September 2024 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X |quote=Mr. Yechury released another book on Karl Marx and said that the ideas of Marx are being read now to address the problems relating to the global economic crisis.}}</ref>


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Latest revision as of 08:46, 10 November 2024

Sitaram Yechury
Yechury in 2013
General Secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist)
In office
19 April 2015 – 12 September 2024
Preceded byPrakash Karat
Succeeded byPrakash Karat (interim co-ordinator)
Member of the Politburo of the Communist Party of India (Marxist)
In office
10 January 1992 – 12 September 2024
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
In office
19 August 2005 – 18 August 2017
Preceded byAbani Roy
Succeeded byShanta Chhetri
ConstituencyWest Bengal
Personal details
Born(1952-08-12)12 August 1952
Madras, Madras State, India
(present-day Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India)
Died12 September 2024(2024-09-12) (aged 72)
New Delhi, India
Political partyCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
SpouseSeema Chishti
RelationsMohan Kanda (maternal uncle)
Alma materJawaharlal Nehru University (MA)
St. Stephen's College (BA)
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Sitaram Yechury (12 August 1952 – 12 September 2024) was an Indian Marxist politician and the General Secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), who was a member of the Politburo of the CPI(M) since 1992. Previously, he was a Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha, West Bengal, from 2005 to 2017.

Early life

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A charcoal portrait of Sitaram Yechury by Amitabh Mitra

Yechury was born on 12 August 1952 into a Telugu Brahmin family in Madras.[1][2] His father Sarveswara Somayajula Yechury and mother Kalpakam Yechury are natives of Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh. His father was an engineer in the Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation.[3] His mother was a government officer and currently lives in Kakinada.[4]

Yechury grew up in Hyderabad, and studied at the All Saints High School, Hyderabad, till his tenth standard.[5] The Telangana agitation of 1969 brought him to Delhi.[4] He joined Presidents Estate School, New Delhi, and achieved the All-India first rank in the Central Board of Secondary Education Higher Secondary Examination.[6] Subsequently, he studied B.A. (Hons.) in Economics at St. Stephen's College, Delhi,[7] and M.A. in Economics, from Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), achieving first class in both. He joined the JNU for a Ph.D. in Economics,[8] which was aborted with his arrest during The Emergency.[9]

Political career

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Yechury joined the Students' Federation of India (SFI) in 1974. A year later, he joined the Communist Party of India (Marxist).[10]

Yechury was arrested in 1975 during the Emergency while he was still a student at JNU. He went underground for some time, organising resistance to the Emergency, before his arrest. After the Emergency, he was elected as the President of the JNU Students' Union thrice during one year (1977–78).[11] Yechury, along with Prakash Karat, created a leftist unit at JNU.[12]

In 1978, Yechury was elected as All-India Joint Secretary of SFI, and went on to become the All India President of SFI. He was the first president of SFI who was not from Kerala or Bengal.[4] In 1984, he was elected to the Central Committee of the CPI(M). In 1985, the party constitution was modified, and a five-man central secretariat—Yechury, Prakash Karat, Sunil Moitra, P. Ramachandran and S. Ramachandran Pillai—was elected to work under the direction and control of the politburo.[12] He left the SFI in 1986. He was then elected to the Politburo at the Fourteenth Congress in 1992[13] and as the fifth General Secretary of CPI(M) at the party's 21st party Congress in Visakhapatnam on 19 April 2015. He and politburo member S. Ramachandran Pillai were the frontrunners for the post but the former was unanimously chosen after Pillai chose to withdraw.[14] He succeeded Prakash Karat, who had held the post for three consecutive terms, from 2005 to 2015. He was again re-elected as General Secretary of CPI(M) at the 22nd Party Congress held at Hyderabad in April 2018.[15] He was elected for a third term as General Secretary of CPI(M) at the 23rd Party Congress held at Kannur, Kerala in April 2022.[16]

Yechury was considered to uphold the coalition-building legacy of former general secretary Harkishan Singh Surjeet. He worked with P. Chidambaram to draft the common minimum program for the United Front government in 1996 and had actively pursued the coalition-building process during the formation of the United Progressive Alliance government in 2004 and Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance in 2023.[17][18][2]

Yechury headed the party's international department, and the party used to depute him as fraternal delegate to the party conferences of most socialist countries.[19] A prolific writer, he authored many books and wrote the fortnightly column Left Hand Drive for Hindustan Times, a widely circulated daily.[20] He edited party's fortnightly newspaper People's Democracy for 20 years.[21]

Role in Rajya Sabha

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Yechury receiving Best Parliamentarian Award (Rajya Sabha) in 2017

Yechury was elected to Rajya Sabha from West Bengal in July 2005.[22] He was known for bringing several popular issues to the notice of parliament and for raising questions on important issues. On blaming by the ruling party for frequent disruptions in parliament, he said that government cannot escape from its responsibility by blaming the opposition for frequent disruptions. He justified disruptions in parliament by calling it a legitimate process in a democracy.[23]

During the negotiations for the Indo-US Nuclear Pact, Yechury listed in the Rajya Sabha all the conditions that the CPM required of the agreement. After the Manmohan Singh government satisfied all the conditions, he was overruled by Prakash Karat, who claimed that the agreement still violated the CPM's idea of independent foreign policy. It was said that this left Yechury "displeased and helpless".[24]

On 3 March 2015 during parliament session, Yechury moved an amendment to President Pranab Mukherjee's address on the inaugural day of Parliament's budget session. This was passed by division of votes in Rajya Sabha, and it was an embarrassment to the Modi government. Parliamentary affairs minister Venkaiah Naidu stated that Yechury's concern had been noted and requested him to not go ahead with the amendment as this was not a convention. Yechury said normally he would accept such a request, but he was pressing for the amendment as the government left no choice as even after 14 hours of debate, opposition was denied opportunity to seek clarification on the Prime Minister's reply. This was the fourth time in Rajya Sabha's history that an amendment moved by the opposition to the motion of thanks to the President's address had been passed.[25][26]

Views on United States

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Yechury was a staunch critic of US foreign policy. He also criticised the visit of the US president Barack Obama as the chief guest of the 2015 Republic Day parade.[27]

While blaming the US for rise of Islamic fundamentalism he said

US military interventions in West Asia have created a situation of complete uncertainty. The military interventions have always given birth to the rise of fundamentalism, which we see today in the menace that has been created by the ISIS. They have given birth to such tendencies.[27]

He also blamed the US for its hegemonic attitude; he said

Now, in their (US) quest for global hegemony, they are trying to capture the energy resources in the world. They are trying to control the entire process of the energy transfers or trade in the world. And for this reason, their military interventions has also continuing to deny the Palestinians their legitimate right to a homeland.[27]

He was also a staunch critic of abrogation of article 370 and 35A in Jammu and Kashmir.[28]

On 12 September 2020, he along with Yogendra Yadav and others was named in the supplementary chargesheet by Delhi Police for their alleged role in the 2020 Delhi riots[29][30] over which Yechury responded that Bharatiya Janata Party was misusing its power to target the opposition.[31]

Personal life

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Yechury was married to journalist Seema Chishti, who is the editor of The Wire, and formerly the Delhi editor of BBC Hindi Service.[32] She was the Resident Editor of The Indian Express, Delhi. Yechury said in a ScoopWhoop episode that his wife financially sustained him.[33] He was married before, to Indrani Mazumdar, daughter of Vina Mazumdar, and has a daughter and a son from this marriage.[34] His daughter, Akhila Yechury, is a major in history and teaches at the University of Edinburgh and University of St. Andrews.[4][35] His son Ashish Yechury died on 22 April 2021 due to COVID-19, at the age of 34.[36] Mohan Kanda IAS, former Chief Secretary of Andhra Pradesh, is Yechury's maternal uncle.[3]

Illness and death

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Yechury was admitted to the department of emergency medicine at AIIMS Delhi on 19 August 2024 and was put on respiratory support after his condition turned critical in September, according to a statement by the CPI(M).[37][38] He displayed symptoms of a pneumonia-like chest infection and died on 12 September, at the age of 72, after suffering from an acute respiratory infection.[39][40][41] His body was donated to AIIMS for teaching and research purposes by his family.[42][43]

Works

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Yechury authored the following books:

  • What Is This Hindu Rashtra?: On Golwalkar's Fascistic Ideology and the Saffron Brigade's Practice (Frontline Publications, Hyderabad, 1993)[44]
  • Pseudo Hinduism Exposed: Saffron Brigade's Myths and Reality (Communist Party of India (Marxist), New Delhi, 1993)[45]
  • Caste and Class in Indian Politics Today (Prajasakti Book House, Hyderabad, 1997)[46]
  • Oil Pool Deficit Or Cesspool of Deceit (Communist Party of India (Marxist), New Delhi, 1997)[47]
  • Socialism in a Changing World (Prajasakti Book House, Hyderabad, 2008)[48]
  • Left Hand Drive: Concrete Analysis of Concrete Conditions (Prajasakti Book House, Hyderabad, 2012)[49]
  • Modi Government: New Surge of Communalism (Prajasakti Book House, Hyderabad, 2014)[50]
  • Communalism vs. Secularism[51]
  • Ghrina Ki Rajniti (Vani Prakashan, New Delhi, 2006) (in Hindi)[52]

Yechury edited the following books:

  • People's Diary of Freedom Struggle (Communist Party of India (Marxist), New Delhi, 2008)[53]
  • The Great Revolt: A Left Appraisal (Communist Party of India (Marxist), New Delhi)[54]
  • Global Economic Crisis: A Marxist Perspective[55]

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  54. ^ Yecurī, Sītārāma (2008). The Great Revolt: A Left Appraisal. People's Democracy. ISBN 978-81-906218-0-9.
  55. ^ "Anti-Left forces attempt to weaken Left parties, alleges Yechury". The Hindu. 12 June 2011. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 12 September 2024. Mr. Yechury released another book on Karl Marx and said that the ideas of Marx are being read now to address the problems relating to the global economic crisis.
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