In PICS: Sitaram Yechury, The Left Stalwart Who Held Sway In Delhi With Friends Across Party Lines

CPM Gen Secy Sitaram Yechury (72) passed away on Sept 12. He was known as a leader who maintained good relations with all parties, and enjoyed a political clout despite his party's shrinking base.

CPI(M) leader Sitaram Yechury with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, DMK MP Trichy Siva and SP leader Ram Gopal Yadav during a meeting on Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav, in New Delhi on August 6, 2022.

File image of late CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury with Congress MP Rahul Gandhi at the Parliament House complex during the Budget Session in February 2023. The veteran Left leader passed away at AIIMS in New Delhi on September 12, 2024, at the age of 72. Photo: PTI

Sitaram Yechury hugs Delhi Chief Minister and AAP convener Arvind Kejriwal at the CPI (M) office in New Delhi on May 30, 2023. Photo: PTI

Sitaram Yechury and CPI leader D. Raja with Telugu Desam Party chief N. Chandrababu Naidu during the birth centenary celebrations of NT Rama Rao, in Hyderabad on May 20, 2023. Photo: PTI

Sitaram Yechury with DMK leader Tiruchi Siva and NCP leader Sharad Pawar during a press conference after the opposition parties' meeting to decide candidate for the 2022 presidential election. TMC leader Yashwant Sinha had been unanimously chosen as the joint opposition candidate for presidential elections in 2022. Photo: PTI

Sitaram Yechury with Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav, AAP leader Sanjay Singh, and Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann during a protest over the issue of declining health of Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal, who was lodged in Tihar jail, at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi on July 30, 2024. Photo: PTI

Sitaram Yechury with Congress leader Sonia Gandhi, NCP chief Sharad Pawar, and other INDIA bloc leaders in New Delhi, on June 5, 2024. Photo: PTI

Sitaram Yechury at an LDF rally ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha polls. Photo: PTI

Sitaram Yechury and CPI leader D. Raja with RJD leader Lalu Prasad Yadav at an INDIA bloc meeting in Mumbai on August 31, 2023. Photo: PTI

Sitaram Yechury and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar talk to the media after their meeting in New Delhi on September 6, 2022. Nitish Kumar parted ways with INDIA bloc later. Photo: PTI

When Sitaram Yechury met Indian National Lok Dal president and former Haryana CM Om Prakash Chautala who came to invite him for the 'Samman Divas' rally to be held in Fatehabad in September 2022. Photo: PTI

Sitaram Yechury and Bhim Army Chief Chandra Shekhar Azad during a protest at Jantar Mantar demanding a CBI inquiry into an incident of shooting on the latter, in New Delhi on July 21, 2023. Photo: PTI

Former Tripura chief minister and CPI(M) leader Manik Sarkar pays tribute to deceased party leader Sitaram Yechury, in Agartala on September 12, 2024. Photo: PTI