CPI, Naga bodies condole demise of Sitaram Yechury
Source: Chronicle News Service / NNN

Imphal, September 13 2024: Communist Party of India, Manipur State Council (CPI-MSC) on Friday extended deepest condolences over the untimely demise of CPI (Marxist) general secretary Sitaram Yechury in a solemn programme held at its Irawat Bhawan office.

The condolence ceremony was attended by Congress CLP leader Okram Ibobi, veteran politician Dr M Nara, CPI state secretary L Thoiren, CPI (M) state secretary Ksh Shanta, JDU Manipur vice president O Nabakishore, AAP convenor Bishwanath and Toijam Devananda of Shiv Sena (UBT) as the presidium members.

Speaking on the occasion, Okram Ibobi expressed that in-spite of Sitaram associated with a different party, common objectives to alleviate suffering of the people and develop the national economy steadied political alliance between the Congress and the CPI-M.He also recounted how Sitaram led the INDIA Bloc as an excellent leader and was engrossed on how to uphold the democratic ethos.

All of us need to learn from him and follow in his footsteps, Ibobi stressed.

Meanwhile, Ksh Shanta presented a brief account on the life history of Sitaram Yechury and how he (Sitaram) introduced the Idea of India in the parliament.

He further informed that Sitaram facilitated the meeting between India Bloc members and the prime minister with regard to the crisis in Manipur.

Shanta also contended that remdval of the present chief minister would help in resolving the conflict.

As part of the observance, leaders of India Bloc along with others offered floral tributes to the portrait of Sitaram Yechury and also observed a two-minute silence as a mark of respect to the departed soul.

Meanwhile, United Naga Council (UNC) Peace Committee and Naga Peoples Movement for Human Rights (NPMHR) stated they are at a loss of words to express "shock and sadness" to hear the passing away of Sitaram Yechury, general secretary of CPI(M) and former Rajya Sabha MP, in New Delhi on September 12.UNC Peace Committee, in its condolence message, remembered Sitaram Yechury as a genuine person who sincerely worked for peace and justice.

The committee then shared the grief of the bereaved family members.

In a separate message, NPMHR said that Sitaram Yechury was its friend from his days as a student leader at JNU, who would not only listen to the complaints of humiliating stories of Naga people but also extended solidarity and shared his concerns against oppressive forces.

"And as time went by, we grew apart, but NPMHR carried with us those memories and his name wherever we went," the statement stated.

It was only just very recently, when NPMHR decided to call on CPI (M) and reconnect with him as someone on whom "we can always depend on, in times of trouble and needs, especially in the backdrop of the Indo-Naga peace talks which have run into troubled-waters.

We visited his official residence, which houses the CPI (M) office sometime in early July this year and had a long sitting with some of his colleagues and Politburo members, although he was away from Delhi on that very particular day".

Nevertheless, "we had worked out a certain understanding which he himself came to work and improve upon, for which we were to follow up," the statement recounted.

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