General Secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Sitaram Yechury
General Secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Incumbent
Assumed office 19 April 2015
Preceded by
Prakash Karat
Member of the Politburo of the Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Incumbent
Assumed office 10 January 1992
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
In office 19 August 2005 – 18 August 2017
Preceded by
Abani Roy
Succeeded by
Shanta Chhetri
Constituency
West Bengal
Personal details
Born
(1952-08-12) 12 August 1952 (age 71) Madras, Madras State, India (present day Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India)
Political party
Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Spouse
Seema Chishti
Relations
Mohan Kanda (Maternal Uncle)
Alma mater
St. Stephen's College, Delhi (BA), Jawaharlal Nehru University (MA)
Website
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Sitaram Yechury (born 12 August 1952) is an Indian Marxist politician and the General Secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist),[1] and a member of the Politburo of the CPI(M) since 1992. Previously, he was a Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha from West Bengal from 2005 to 2017.
^"Whatever Happened, Comrades?". The Telegraph, Calcutta. 30 April 2017. Archived from the original on 22 September 2017. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
SitaramYechury (born 12 August 1952) is an Indian Marxist politician and the General Secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), and a member...
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party leader Rahul Gandhi, NCP President Sharad Pawar, CPI(M) leader SitaramYechury and other leaders held protests against the suspensions of MPs under...
27 May 2018. "SitaramYechury re-elected as CPI(M) general secretary". Archived from the original on April 29, 2018. "Biography of Sitaram Yechuri". winentrance...
over as Congress president, Communist Party of India (Marxist) leader SitaramYechury picked Sonia over Rahul, calling her the "glue that binds the opposition"...
downfall due to his rigid behaviour on party line. He was succeeded by SitaramYechury in 2015 at the 21st Party Congress held in Visakhapatnam. Karat was...
Strengthen popular resistance to save democracy in Bengal & in India," said SitaramYechury, National Secretary, Communist Party of India (Marxist), condemning...
State-wise alliances: SitaramYechury". Retrieved 2023-02-04. "All secular forces will unite against BJP for Lok Sabha election: SitaramYechury". Retrieved 2023-02-08...
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involve joining hands with “bourgeois” outfits like the Congress. SitaramYechury was among the leaders who were against Basu being the Prime Minister...
Yadav, Samajwadi Party supremo Akhilesh Yadav, and senior Left leaders SitaramYechury and D. Raja. Kharge attacked Kumar for frequently changing alliances...
National Congress, Communist Party of India (Marxist) general secretary SitaramYechury, Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) leader Kavita Krishnan...
released. The rallies were addressed by politicians such as Rahul Gandhi, SitaramYechury, and Anand Sharma. Although the protests were largely peaceful, Sharma...
and, in September, as party president. He was succeeded as president by Sitaram Kesri, the party's first non-Brahmin leader. During the tenure of both...
Madhuparna (20 March 2020). "The CPI(M) leader who tripped party boss SitaramYechury to enter Rajya Sabha". The Print. Archived from the original on 26...
friendly fight on 2 seats.[citation needed] CPI(M) General Secretary SitaramYechury said that his party will ally with Samajwadi Party in Uttar Pradesh...
passed in the Lok Sabha. During the Rajya Sabha debate on 16 March, SitaramYechury of the CPI-M said that bill should not have been passed when the issue...
at Srinagar for 35 days. In August 2019, CPI(M) General Secretary SitaramYechury filed a Habeas corpus petition in Supreme Court to find Mohammed Yusuf...
His nephew is Communist Party of India (Marxist) politburo member, SitaramYechury. He has acted in a few Telugu films as a child actor with the screen...
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consent for giving Padma awards. Later, the CPI(M) General Secretary SitaramYechury clarified Bhattacharjee's stance in a tweet which said Former Party...
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