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Tributes paid to Communist Party of India-Marxist leader following his death
Sitaram Yechury (red shirt) receiving Best Parliamentarian Award (Rajya Sabha) in 2017
TRIBUTES were paid to Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury today following his death at the age of 72.
Mr Yechury was undergoing treatment for an acute respiratory tract infection at a New Delhi hospital after being admitted in a critical condition on August 19.
The Association of Indian Communists, the overseas organisation of the CPI-M, said it was “extremely saddened by the devastating news.”
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