Yechury leads delegation to Manipur, reiterates demand for CM Biren’s ouster

Yechury leads delegation to Manipur, reiterates demand for CM Biren’s ouster

The violence in Manipur has been going on for too long and should not be allowed to continue, CPI (M) leader Sitaram Yechury said. File | Photo Credit: H Vibhu The violence in Manipur has been going on for too long and should not be allowed to continue, Communist Party of India (Marxist) general secretary … Read more

PM Modi’s birthday should be celebrated as “national unemployment day”: Sitaram Yechury

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Slamming BJP for celebrating Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s birthday through three weeks of celebrations, CPI-M Polit Bureau member Sitaram Yechury on Friday said that Modi’s birthday should be celebrated as “national unemployment day.” “The condition of the country is precarious and the unemployment scenario is affecting the youth. The youth are saying that Modi’s birthday … Read more

Sitaram Yechury writes to PM Modi, alleges CPI(M) offices in Tripura ‘attacked’ by ‘mobs of BJP men’ on September 8

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CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury on Thursday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi alleging that the party’s offices in Tripura were attacked by “mobs of BJP men” in a “pre-planned fashion” on September 8. In the letter, Yechury has said that the “impunity” with which the attackers operated shows the “connivance of the state government”. … Read more

12 opposition parties extend support to SKM protest call on May 26

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Twelve major opposition parties have extended their support to the call given by the Samyukta Kisan Morcha to observe countrywide protest on May 26, marking six months of the farmers protest at Delhi borders against the Centre”s farm laws. The joint statement has been signed by Sonia Gandhi (Congress), H D Deve Gowda (JD-S), Sharad … Read more

Delhi riots: Police name Yechury, Yogendra Yadav, Jayati Ghosh, in supplementary charge sheet

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NEW DELHI: The Delhi Police has named CPI (M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury, Swaraj Abhiyan leader Yogendra Yadav, economist Jayati Ghosh and Delhi University professor Apoorvanand in a supplementary charge sheet in the February riots cases, accusing them of “provoking and mobilising” anti-CAA protesters. Some of those named have also been charged with — based … Read more