Page 5 - Sitaram Yechury

Sitaram Yechury, in the thick of things

Yechury tells Udit Misra why 'the index of Opposition unity' has always been a key factor in Indian

Congress sees red as Yechury loses out

CPI-M Kerala unit voted against a proposal to re-elect Sitaram Yechury to Rajya Sabha

CPI(M) Central Committee rejects third Rajya Sabha term for Sitaram Yechury

In the 91-member Central Committee, over 50 members voted against their party chief Sitaram Yechury

Not allowing Yechury a 3rd term in RS will be 'historic blunder' for CPM

Former LS Speaker Somnath Chatterjee says Karat scuttled his candidature to be President in 2007

Yechury calls upon Rajya Sabha to discuss growing communal polarisation

He says attacks in the name of cow protection are going in many parts of India

Watch: Sitaram Yechury roughed up by a man in New Delhi

Yechury described the attack as an attempt by the RSS 'to silence the voices of dissent'

Sitaram Yechury appeals to non-NDA parties to unite for presidential polls

So, India's identity as a secular democratic republic is under threat, the Rajya Sabha member said

Narendra Modi scared of questions, has lot to hide: Sitaram Yechury

Questioning Modi's silence over demonetisation, Yechury said PM to be running scared of questions

Sitaram Yechury accuses BJP of disrupting Parliament

'We had demanded that PM should take part in the discussion but he didn't,' Yechury said

Sitaram Yechury backs Manmohan; says PM is 'Narendra Moun Modi'

He added that Manmohan Singh spoke rather eloquently and it was Modi who was sitting silently

Sitaram Yechury: Corporate funding of political parties should stop

Corruption will double with Rs 2,000 notes. As far as stopping corruption is concerned, you are only looking at its demand side

Sitaram Yechury takes dig at PM Modi, compares him to French Queen

The CPI (M) leader has criticised the Centre's demonetisation move

The government under RSS intensifying its Hindutva agenda: Sitaram Yechury

CPI(M) general secretary also attacked the BJP on Kashmir issue

Government using fascist methods to achieve Hindu Rashtra goal: Sitaram Yechury

The CPI-M leader said that the Narendra Modi government was only following the RSS diktats

Sitaram Yechury: Charms and the man

Charm is part of the personality of Sitaram Yechury, general secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist). But it was Charms, the cigarette brand, that he used to reach out to separatist Hurriyat leader Yaseen Malik when they met in Srinagar recently in jail, Malik's temporary abode. Yechury was ostracised by the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party for suggesting that Hurriyat leaders are Indians living in a part of India and there should be no hesitation in talking to them.

Situation in India not facist, but can grow if allowed to: Sitaram Yechury

He claimed the country's economy was in bad shape with index of industrial production plunging and agrarian crisis deepening

Sitaram Yechury takes a swipe at BJP over 'achhe din' slogan

Yechury also said that the 'jumla' is sold to voters has now become a bone stuck in the throat of ruling BJP

Ban Gaurakshak samiti, they are spreading terror: Sitaram Yechury

He also attacked RSS and organisations associated to it for creating an atmosphere of fear in the name of Gauraksha

Trust will not fall from heaven in Kashmir: Sitaram Yechury

We need to constitute a small group of MPs who should constantly interact with all stakeholders in the valley, said Yechury

Tell states how their finanacial interests will be protected: Sitaram Yechury

He also accused the Narendra Modi government of going by the strength of the parties in Parliament to hold discussions on the GST bill