Sitaram Yechury, the 72-year-old General Secretary of CPM, passed away at AIIMS Delhi due to lung complications. Born in 1952, Yechury rose from student activism to lead the CPM, becoming its General Secretary in 2015. A native of Andhra Pradesh, he was educated at St. Stephen's College and JNU. Yechury's political journey included key roles in SFI and CPM.
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00:00Sitaram Yachuri, the General Secretary of the Communist Party of India, Marxist, CPIM,
00:18passed away at the age of 72.
00:21His death occurred while undergoing treatment for a lung infection at the All India Institute
00:26of Medical Sciences, Ames, in New Delhi.
00:30Yachuri was admitted to Ames on 19 August due to breathing difficulties.
00:36As his condition deteriorated, he was placed on ventilator support.
00:42Born on 12 August 1952 in Madras, now Chennai, Yachuri hailed from East Godavari in Andhra
00:49Pradesh.
00:50He was son of Sarveshwar, Soumyaji, Yachuri and Kalpika.
00:56His educational journey led him to St. Stephen College in New Delhi, where he graduated in
01:00economics followed by the master's degree in the same field from Jawaharlal Nehru University.
01:07It was during his time in JNU that Yachuri was drawn into the Communist Party.
01:12He joined the Students' Federation of India in 1974 and went on to serve as the JNU University
01:20Union President three times.
01:22Although he enrolled for a PhD at JNU, he was unable to complete due to his involvement
01:28in underground activities during the emergency period.
01:32Yachuri's political career was also marked by significant milestones and rapid ascension
01:37within the communist movement.
01:38He was arrested in 1975 during the Emergency, a pivotal moment in his political journey.
01:44In 1978, he was elected as the National Joint Secretary of SFI and by 1986, he had risen
01:52to become the National President.
01:56His progression within the CPM was equally impressive.
01:59At the young age of 32, Yachuri was the youngest member of the CPM Central Committee in 1984.
02:05He was then inducted into the Central Secretariat of the Party Congress held in Thiruvananthapuram
02:11in 1988 and then in 1992, he was elevated to the Politburo at the Party's Congress in
02:18Madras.
02:19However, the pinnacle of Yachuri's political career came in 2015 when he took over as CPM
02:25National General Secretary from Prakash Karat at Vishakhapatnam Party Congress.
02:31He was re-elected in 2018 and then again in 2022, marking his third term as the party's
02:37national leader.
02:39Beyond his party's role, Yachuri also served as a firm opposition leader, the editor of
02:43People's Democracy Weekly and was elected as a Rajya Sabha member from West Bengal in
02:482005.
02:50He was known for his intellectual prowess, radical skills and his ability to bridge ideological
02:55divides.
02:56Yachuri's personal life was marked by his marriage to prominent media personality Seema
03:01Chishti.
03:02The couple had three children, late journalist Ashish Yachuri, Dr. Akhila Yachuri and Danish.
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