Sri Vijaya Puram, Sept 15: A condolence meeting to pay homage to Com. Sitaram Yechury, General Secretary, CPI (M) was held at Shaheed Bhavan, Anarkali, Port Blair today (14.09.2024) evening. Addressing the meeting, D. Ayyappan, Secretary, CPI (M), Andaman and Nicobar State Organising Committee, who presided over the meeting, said that Com. Sitaram Yechury played an important role in the formation of non-BJP governments during the 1996 and 2004.
He said that it was due to the initiative of Com. Sitaram Yechury that a number of historical welfare legislations like NREG Act, Right to Information Act, Scheduled Tribes Forest Rights Act, etc were passed in the Parliament during the UPA-I government.
Addressing the condolence meeting, Shri Rangolal Haldar, President, Andaman & Nicobar Pradesh Congress Committee said that Sitaram Yechuri had good relationship with leaders of all political parties in the country. Speaking on the occasion, Shri Sanjay Kumar Singh, BJP State Vice President described Sitaram Yechuri as a person having amiable temperament and a model for all political leaders. The condolence meeting was addressed also by Shri Ravichandran, Treasurer, DMK Andaman & Nicobar Committee, KG Das, former Secretary, CPI (M) State Organising Committee and State Secretariat Members D. Laxman Rao, B. Chandrachoodan and Dr Gouranga Majhi. A large number of Party leaders and workers among others participated in the condolence meeting.
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