CPI(M) veteran Sitaram Yechury breathes his last

NEW DELHI, Sep 12: CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury, a pragmatic communist and one of the key architects of coalition politics since the mid-90s, died on Thursday at a hospital here after battling lung infection.
Yechury, 72, was in a critical condition for the last few days and on respiratory support while undergoing treatment for an acute respiratory tract infection at the ICU in AIIMS. He was admitted to the hospital on August 19.
In a statement, the CPI(M) said Yechury’s body will be kept at the party headquarters here between 11 am and 3 pm on Saturday for public viewing and paying homage. Subsequently, the body will be taken to AIIMS, where it will be donated for medical research, according to his wishes.