Sept 12,2024: CPI(M) general secretary and former Rajya Sabha MP Sitaram Yechury passed away on Thursday at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in New Delhi, where he was admitted on August 19 with pneumonia. He was 72.
According to CPI(M) leaders, Yechury was in the intensive care unit (ICU) and was being treated for an acute respiratory tract infection. Over the past few days, he had been on respiratory support and under treatment by a multidisciplinary team of doctors with his condition reported to be critical.
He is survived by his wife Seema Chishti, editor of The Wire, daughter Akhila and son Danish.
His family has donated his body to AIIMS, New Delhi for teaching and research purposes. His body will be handed over to the hospital on Saturday.
Yechury’s body will be taken from AIIMS to his residence in Delhi on Friday, and will be kept there overnight. His body will be taken to the CPI(M) central committee office Saturday morning for public viewing and will be handed over to AIIMS later in the evening.
