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The CPI(M) leader recently underwent cataract surgery. (Photo: PTI Archives)
Sitaram Yechury was admitted to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) on August 19 for treatment of a pneumonia-like chest infection.
Communist Party of India (Marxist) General Secretary Sitaram Yechury remains under treatment at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in New Delhi for respiratory infection, the Communist Party of India (Marxist) said on Saturday.
According to sources, Yechury is currently in critical condition. On August 19, he was hospitalized for treatment due to severe respiratory disease. However, the hospital did not disclose the specific nature of the illness. According to AIIMS sources, Yechury was admitted to the emergency department of the hospital and was later transferred to the intensive care unit.
“Comrade Sitaram Yechury, General Secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), is still undergoing treatment at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi,” the CPI(M) said in a statement.
“He is receiving care from a team of specialist doctors who are treating his respiratory infection,” the statement read.
Sources in the CPI(M) said Yechury had gone for a check-up and was admitted to hospital due to respiratory ailments.
The CPI(M) leader recently underwent cataract surgery.
Who is Sitaram Yechury?
Yechury is a member of the Politburo of the CPI(M). He joined the Students' Federation of India (SFI) in 1974 and became a member of the Communist Party of India (M) a year later.
In the 1970s, Yechury served three times as president of the Jawaharlal Nehru University Students' Union, led by the Students Federation of India (SFI). He was arrested during the state of emergency. Along with Prakash Karat, he was responsible for turning JNU into a left-wing bastion.
Yechury is known for continuing the alliance-building legacy of former secretary-general Harkishan Singh Surjit. In 1996, he collaborated with P Chidambaram in drafting the Common Minimum Program of the United Front government and played a key role in the alliance-building efforts during the formation of the United Progressive Alliance government in 2004.
