Sitaram Yechury’s son, 34, dies of Covid-19 at hospital
CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury’s son Ashish died of Covid-19 while getting treatment at Gurugram’s Medanta hospital on Thursday morning. The death of the 34-year-old journalist was announced by Yechury on Twitter. “I bid goodbye to my son, Ashish (Biku) at noon today. I thank all of you who have shared our sorrow. I thank everybody who gave us strength to be able to face this dark hour. I know that I am not alone in my grief, with this pandemic consuming countless lives,” Yechury tweeted.
NEW DELHI : Communist Party of India (Marxist) general secretary Sitaram Yechury’s son Ashish Yechury, 34, died of Covid-19 at a hospital in Gurugram on Thursday.
“It is with great sadness that I have to inform that I lost my elder son, Ashish Yechury to COVID-19 this morning. I want to thank all those who gave us hope and who treated him - doctors, nurses, frontline health workers, sanitation workers and innumerable others who stood by us,” Sitaram Yechury wrote on Twitter.
Ashish Yechury, a journalist, was undergoing treatment at a hospital in Gurugram.
Ashish, who studied at the Asian College of Journalism, Chennai, worked in several publications, including the Times of India in Delhi, before moving to Pune. Several senior political leaders condoled his death on Twitter.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi also expressed his condolences on the “tragic and untimely demise” of Yechury’s son.
“Condolences to Shri Sitaram Yechury Ji and his family on the tragic and untimely demise of his son, Ashish. Om Shanti,” Modi said.
President Ram Nath Kovind said he was grieved beyond words to learn about the untimely demise.
“In this moment of profound grief, my deepest condolences to Shri Sitaram Yechury, his family and loved ones. May you find the strength to bear this irreparable loss,” Kovind tweeted.