A left-wing leader with the grace to manage several identities

Sitaram Yechury: A Multifaceted Political Figure

• Sitaram Yechury, 72, was a Marxist, polyglot, strategist, and strategist who merged diverse ideological strands.
• Born on August 12, 1952, in Chennai, he grew up in Hyderabad before moving to Delhi.
• Yechury graduated from St. Stephen’s College, Delhi, and chose Jawaharlal Nehru University over the Delhi School of Economics for his Master’s.
• He was known for his political career, leading the JNU Students Union President to force Indira Gandhi to resign as the university’s Chancellor.
• Yechury was instrumental in making the JNU an impressive Left bastion.
• He broke several conventions, including becoming the president of the Students’ Federation of India and being a member of the Central Committee and Polit Bureau.
• He was elected to the first of his three terms as party general secretary in 2015.
• Yechury was an astute parliamentarian, bringing the Opposition together to pass an amendment to the President’s Speech in 2015.
• He was an advocate of coalition politics, working on the Common Minimum Programme for the United Front government and United Progressive Alliance governments.
• As the general secretary of the party, he brought the same coalition spirit to steer the party into striking an electoral understanding with the Congress in West Bengal.
• Yechury underlined the necessity of pooling all anti-BJP votes, implying an electoral understanding with parties such as the Congress.