NE NEWS SERVICE
CHENNAI, APR 22
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K Palaniswami, DMK President M K Stalin and other political leaders in Tamil Nadu on Thursday condoled the death of CPI (M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury’s son Ashish, who succumbed to COVID-19 at a Delhi hospital.
I’m Extremely saddened by the devastating news @SitaramYechury,
May you find strength to endure the loss & grief as a parent.
People of TamilNadu grieve with you,
My deepest condolences and prayers for the family. https://t.co/GAB66NT5cd— Edappadi K Palaniswami – Say No To Drugs & DMK (@EPSTamilNadu) April 22, 2021
Deeply saddened and pained to hear about the loss of Ashish Yechury.
I offer my heartfelt condolences to Comrade @SitaramYechury, his family and friends at this difficult time.
— M.K.Stalin (@mkstalin) April 22, 2021
Am deeply saddened on the demise of Ashish Yechury, the eldest son of Shri.@SitaramYechury, the General Secretary of the Marxist Party. May the mother nature give enough strength to Comrade Yechury to overcome this tragedy.
— Dr S RAMADOSS (@drramadoss) April 22, 2021
Ashish (34), a journalist by profession, was battling coronavirus for about two weeks and breathed his last at Medanta Hospital in Gurgaon in Delhi early on Thursday.
In a tweet, Palaniswami tagged Yechury and said he was “extremely saddened by the devastating news.”
“May you find strength to endure the loss & grief as a parent. People of Tamil Nadu grieve with you. My deepest condolences and prayers for the family,” Palaniswami added.
Stalin, also state Leader of Opposition, said he was deeply saddened and pained to hear about the loss of Ashish Yechury.
“I offer my heartfelt condolences to Comrade Sitaram Yechury, his family and friends at this difficult time,” he said in a tweet.
MDMK leader Vaiko, also a Rajya Sabha member, said “no words can take away the pain of losing a beloved family member.”
“With great sadness, I learnt the demise of your elder son Ashish Yechuri succumbing to COVID-19. No words can take away the pain of losing a beloved family member,” he said in his condolence message to the Left veteran.
“May the Mother Nature give you and your family the courage and strength to overcome this tragic loss,” Vaiko added.
PMK founder Dr S Ramadoss expressed his sympathies and said he was “saddened” over Ashish’s demise.
His son and Rajya Sabha MP Dr Anbumani Ramadoss and MMK leader Prof M H Jawahirullah also expressed their condolences.
