Sitaram Yechury

No Confidence In Government On Talks Concerning Farm Laws: Sitaram Yechury

India News | ANI | Saturday December 26, 2020

Communist Party of India (Marxist) general secretary Sitaram Yechury on Friday said that there is "no confidence" in the words of BJP-led government concerning talks on farm laws and asked why the bills concerning the laws were passed in parliament "in a hurry".

Opposition Parties To Meet President Kovind Tomorrow On Farmers' Issue

India News | Written by Sunil Prabhu | Tuesday December 8, 2020

Representatives from 24 political parties plan to meet President Ram Nath Kovind on Wednesday, ahead of the talks between protesting farmers and the Centre to resolve the deadlock over the farm sector laws. Congress's Rahul Gandhi is expected to be part of the delegation along with Nationalist Congress chief Sharad Pawar, CPM's Sitaram Yechury, CPI...

Bihar Results Show Wrong To Write-Off Left: Sitaram Yechury

India News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday November 11, 2020

With the three Left parties bagging seven seats and leading in 10 others in Bihar, CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury warned naysayers against writing them off, saying had they been given more seats, they would have notched up higher numbers in the elections.

"Secularism Not Safe Without Separation Of Religion, Politics": Sitaram Yechury

India News | Press Trust of India | Sunday October 18, 2020

Unless there is a strict separation of religion from politics and government, secularism cannot be protected, defended or put into operation in a proper sense,CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury said on Saturday.

"Want Judicial Inquiry": Top Left Leaders Meet Hathras Victim's Family

India News | Reported by Arun Singh, Edited by Harish Pullanoor | Tuesday October 6, 2020

A group of top leaders of the Left today met the family of the Dalit woman allegedly gangraped last month in Uttar Pradesh's Hathras. The woman died on September 29, succumbing to the injuries she had sustained during the assault.

Opposition Leaders To Meet President Today Over Delhi Riots Investigation

India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday September 17, 2020

Opposition leaders, including Congress's Ahmed Patel, CPI's D Raja, CPI(M)'s Sitaram Yechury, DMK's Kanimozhi and RJD's Manoj Jha will meet President Ram Nath Kovind today to highlight their concerns over the investigation in the Delhi violence earlier this year, a senior leader told news agency PTI.

"Has Delhi Police Forgotten...": P Chidambaram's Jibe On Chargesheet Row

India News | Reported by Sunil Prabhu, Edited by Vaibhav Tiwari | Monday September 14, 2020

The Delhi Police have brought the criminal justice system to "ridicule" by mentioning the names of CPIM leader Sitaram Yechury, Swaraj Abhiyan's Yogendra Yadav and other scholars in a disclosure statement of an accused, attached to the February riots supplementary chargesheet, Congress leader P Chidambaram said on Sunday.

Row After Sitaram Yechury, Yogendra Yadav Named By Delhi Riots Accused

Delhi News | Reported by Mukesh Singh Sengar, Saurabh Shukla, Edited by Debanish Achom | Sunday September 13, 2020

Communist Party of India (Marxist) general secretary Sitaram Yechury and Swaraj Abhiyan leader Yogendra Yadav are among people whose names appear in a disclosure statement of an accused in riots that broke out in Delhi in February linked to the protests against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act or CAA, according to a supplementary chargesheet filed b...

Left Targets Centre Over ''Act of God'' Remark On GST Revenue Shortfall

India News | Press Trust of India | Friday August 28, 2020

The CPI(M) on Friday hit out at the government over the shortfall in GST revenues and claimed it was "blaming the heavens" after its "cronyism, incompetence and callousness" destroyed the economy.

Ayodhya: What Mamata Banerjee, Arvind Kejriwal And Others Said

India News | Edited by Debjani Chatterjee | Wednesday August 5, 2020

Ayodhya Ram Mandir News: Prime Minister Narendra Modi did the bhumi pujan of Ram Mandir today in Ayodhya. Mr Modi is the first Prime Minister to visit the Ram Janmabhoomi site. Ahead of the much-awaited ceremony at Ayodhya, several political leaders tweeted about the mega event, which marks the beginning of the building of the Ram Mandir.

DMK Chief MK Stalin Seeks Support Of Top National Leaders On OBC Reservation

Tamil Nadu News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday July 29, 2020

DMK chief M K Stalin on Wednesday dialled the country's top political leaders including Congress President Sonia Gandhi and CPI(M) General Secretary Sitaram Yechury, seeking their cooperation in "exerting pressure" on the Centre to provide OBC reservation in medical admissions.

BJP Centralising Authority Under Cover Of COVID-19: Sitaram Yechury

India News | ANI | Tuesday July 28, 2020

CPI-M general secretary Sitaram Yechury on Monday accused the BJP of strengthening the drive for centralisation of all authority and power "under the cover of a COVID-19 pandemic" and said it was "negating the principles of federalism".

Fast-Tracking COVID Vaccine Only For Independence Day Announcement: Sitaram Yechury

India News | Press Trust of India | Saturday July 4, 2020

Asserting that scientific advances cannot be "made to order", CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury today alleged the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) was trying to fast-track the production of a coronavirus vaccine so that Prime Minister Narendra Modi could make the announcement on Independence Day.

"Alarming": CPIM Leader Sitaram Yechury On Coronavirus Growth

India News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday June 10, 2020

Sounding alarm over reports that India's COVID-19 growth rate is the fastest among the countries worst hit by the pandemic, the CPI(M) on Tuesday said the government did not offer any relief to migrant workers but can afford foreign planes for personal travel.

Centre's Economic Package A "Jugglery Of Numbers": Left Parties

India News | Press Trust of India | Sunday May 17, 2020

Left parties on Sunday described the government's economic package as "misleading" and a "jugglery of numbers", hours after Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced the fifth and final tranche of the economic stimulus package.