Curtains come down on 'Sitaram' politics; funeral procession begins in Delhi

NEW DELHI: The pubic homage for late CPM General Secretary Sitaram Yechury at AKG Bhavan in Delhi ended some time ago while the funeral procession is ongoing in Delhi. Representatives of various political parties paid their last respects. The mortal remains of the veteran leader will be handed over to AIIMS at 5 pm on Saturday.

National leaders across the political spectrum including Congress leader Sonia Gandhi paid their last respects to Yechury. Other prominent leaders including Sharad Pawar, Manish Sisodia, Jairam Ramesh, Ramesh Chennithala, Kanimozhi, PK Sreemathy, P Satidevi, KK Shailaja, Manik Sarkar were in attendance. Thousands of students and other party workers flooded JNU on Friday to see a last glimpse of their beloved comrade.

On Friday evening, the embalmed body was taken from the AIIMS Anatomy Lab to the JNU campus, which shaped the politician in Yechury. After a 15-minute public homage, the body was taken to his residence at Vasant Kunj Pocket B-544, Sector A. Later, the body was brought to AKG Bhavan in Gole market around 11 am today.

The party leaders paid their last respects by chanting revolutionary slogans in unison. After the funeral procession on Saturday noon, the body will be handed over to Delhi AIIMS for medical study at 5 pm. Sitaram Yechury died on September 12 at 3 pm while undergoing treatment at AIIMS due to a lung infection. He was admitted to AIIMS on August 19 due to a high fever.

Yechury’s wife and prominent journalist Seema Chisti, daughter Akhila and daughter-in-law Swathi were alongside the CPM leader during his final hours.