Rich tributes paid to ‘son of Andhra’ Sitaram Yechury

Tributes paid to late CPI(M) leader Sitaram Yechury at condolence meeting, remembered for political contributions and leadership.

Rich tributes were paid to veteran Communist leader and CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury at a condolence meeting organised by the CPI(M) district committee, at the CITU office near Jagadamba Junction on Thursday evening.

Yechury, who was undergoing treatment for respiratory problems at a hospital in Delhi since August 19, breathed his last at 4 p.m. on Thursday. The CPI(M) district committee held a condolence meeting at short notice.

CPI State committee member D. Subba Rao, district secretary M. Jaggunaidu, senior leaders A. Aja Sarma and S. Sudhakar, executive members B. Ganga Rao, B. Padma, B. Eswaramma and B. Jagan garlanded a portrait of Yechury and paid tributes to the departed leader.

The speakers recalled that at the time of disintegration of the Soviet Union, a national meeting of the Communist Party was held in Madras. Yechury was given the responsibility of handling the international affairs of the Communist Party. He had worked with the first generation leaders of the Communist Party, the speakers recalled.

He had served as the Polit Bureau Member of the CPI(M), and was selected as general secretary of the party in the 21st National Congress of the party held in Visakhapatnam in 2015, and was elected general secretary at the 22nd and 23rd Congress held in 2018 and 2022 respectively.

District Committee leaders V. Krishna Rao, M. Subba Rao, Raju, Naidu and senior leaders Peethala Appa Rao, P.V. Ramana, G. Poleswara Rao, Dandu Nageswara Rao and G. Appalaraju were among those who paid tributes.

YSRCP leader and former Minister Muttamsetti Srinivasa Rao condoled Yechury’s death. In a statement, he said that the CPI(M) stalwart would continue to live forever in the hearts of the people, for whom he had waged struggles.. Extending his condolences to the bereaved family, Mr. Srinivasa Rao said that he has lost a ‘good friend’.