Veteran CPI(M) leader and party’s general secretary Sitaram Yechury died after a prolonged illness on Thursday. He was 72 years old.
The Communist leader’s health was in critical condition and was undergoing treatment for acute respiratory tract infection at All India Institute of Medical Sciences-Delhi. He was admitted to the AIIMS-Delhi on August 19 for treatment of pneumonia and his health condition became severe.
On August 22, Yechury had released a six-minute video from the hospital on his social media accounts paying condolence to Buddhadev Bhattacharya, former chief minister of West Bengal, who passed away on August 8.
“It is my loss that I was not able to physically attend this memorial meeting and pay my homage to Comrade Buddhadev Bhattacharya”, he wrote on X.
