12 - Sep - 2024

BSNLEU pays respectful homage to Com.Sitaram Yechury..

Com.Sitaram Yechury, General Secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) and an outstanding leader of the Indian working class movement, passed away today. He had been receiving treatment for an acute respiratory tract infection at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in New Delhi since 10th September. Com.Sitaram Yechury has also served as a member of the Rajya Sabha from 2005 to 2017. During this period, he has effectively raised the issues of the working class in the Parliament. His contributions to put in place the Common Minimum Programmes of the coalition governments in 1996 and in 2004 are outstanding. As the General Secretary of the CPI(M), Com.Yechury has immensely contributed to strengthen the secular forces of India. BSNLEU pays it's respectful homage to Com.Sitaram Yechury.