Sitaram Yechury: Passionate Commitment to Unity in Diversity

RECONCILING with the fact that Comrade Sitaram Yechury is no longer with us is very difficult for his longtime colleagues, comrades, and friends. The void created by his permanent physical absence in the ongoing struggle to preserve syncretic India – Sitaram’s cherished vision of our country – against the ferocious onslaught of Hindutva communal fascistic forces is profound and difficult to fill in the near future.

Carry Forward the Legacy of Comrade Sitaram Yechury

THE contributions and legacy of Comrade Sitaram Yechury to the communist movement in India, under the CPI(M), have come to a sudden and unexpected end. His work remains unfinished as his passing away was both premature and untimely. Yechury still had much to offer to the communist movement in India and his unexpected departure has deprived the next generation of his invaluable guidance.Sitaram Yechury was one of the most outstanding and versatile leaders of the communist movement in his time. He had a mastery over Marxism and Leninism and a solid ideological foundation.

CONDOLENCE MESSAGES

Below, we publish messages from eminent leaders and individuals expressing their condolences on the death of Comrade Sitaram Yechury

HE Droupadi MurmuPresident of India

Ram Nath KovindFormer President of India

M Venkaiah NaiduFormer Vice President of India

Narendra ModiPrime Minister of India

Manmohan SinghFormer Prime Minister of India

Lies & Fabrications: RSS Style

Below we publish an editorial written by Sitaram Yechury that appeared in People’s Democracy dated October 6, 2002.ON the eve of Mahatma Gandhi's birth anniversary, his assassins have launched yet another anti-national tirade.

Comrade Sitaram Yechury: Tributes from Across the World

COMMUNIST and Workers’ Parties from around the world have expressed their condolences on the passing away of Comrade Sitaram Yechury, general secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist).President of Nicaragua, Daniel Ortega, sent a condolence message to the Party: “With great sadness, we have learned today, in the spirit of affection and solidarity that characterizes us, of the passing of Comrade General Secretary, brother Sitaram Yechury, an outstanding champion for the rights of the peoples.” He expressed his ‘sincere and profound sentiments for the departure of this brother for a

Sitaram, Shining Star

COMRADE Sitaram Yechury’s demise is a big blow to Indian democracy and secular polity in general and the revolutionary movement of the working class in particular. He was a Marxist intellectual par excellence. As general secretary of the CPI(M) over the last nine years, he had been leading the Party and steering it ahead through some of its most difficult times.Sitaram Yechury rose to prominence as a student leader opposing the national Emergency.

Sitaram Yechury: A Communist Par Excellence

COMRADE Sitaram Yechury, general secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), is no more. After a brief illness, he succumbed to a serious respiratory infection, becoming the first general secretary of the Party to pass away while in office. However, to describe Comrade Sitaram solely as the general secretary would be an incomplete portrayal of his contributions.

The Student Leader Sitaram Yechury

MY close association with Comrade Sitaram Yechury began 45 years ago in 1979. The Third All India SFI Conference held in Patna in February, 1979 elected us along with others as the SFI central office bearers.

A Tribute to Comrade Sitaram

TO write about Comrade Sitaram Yechury in the past tense is exceedingly difficult and painful for me. For five decades our political lives have been closely and intricately intertwined while we have together gone through various phases and ups and downs of the Party and the Left movement. Our comradeship began 50 years ago, beginning at the Jawaharlal Nehru University in 1974, continuing in the Students’ Federation of India and later in the Party.

Sitaram Yechury: A Cosmopolitan Communist, Chronicler & Creative Strategist

I LAST spoke to Comrade Sitaram Yechury on August 22, requesting him to record a video message for Comrade Buddhadeb Bhattacharya's condolence meeting.He had just come out of the ICU but agreed instantly, even asking about the length of the video he should record.

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