New Delhi, September 12: Communist Party of India (Marxist) General Secretary Sitaram Yechury passed away on Thursday due to pneumonia. Yechury was admitted to the AIIMS in Delhi on August 19, 2024. He had been first admitted to the emergency ward and then shifted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU).

"Sitaram Yechury CPI(M) General Secretary no more. He was admitted in AIIMS," CPI(M) leader Hannan Mollah told ANI. Sitaram Yechury Dies: CPI(M) General Secretary Passes Away at 72 After Prolonged Illness.

Sitaram Yechury was a prominent Indian politician who held a seat in the CPM politburo for 32 years and served as the party's General Secretary from 2015. Additionally, he represented West Bengal in the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Indian parliament, from 2005 to 2017.

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