Rich tributes were on Saturday paid to veteran Marxist leader and CPI (M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury at the party headquarters AKG Bhavan, where his mortal remains were brought amidst chants of ‘Lal Salam’ from his residence this morning.
Wrapped in the red flag of the CPI (M), Yechury’s mortal remains were kept at the party office, where party leaders, including polit bureau members Prakash Karat, Brinda Karat, Pinarayi Vijayan and M A Baby, and others paid their tributes to the leader.
CPI(M) leaders from Tamil Nadu also paid their last respects to Yechury.
Congress Parliamentary Party Chairperson Sonia Gandhi also reached the AKG Bhavan along with the other party leaders to pay her last respects to Yechury.
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leaders Manish Sisodia and Sanjay Singh also paid their last respects to the departed soul at the CPI (M) headquarters. NCP (SP) president Sharad Pawar and RJD MP Manoj Jha as well paid homage to Yechury.
The CPI(M) general secretary died on Thursday at a hospital here after battling a lung infection.