"Dear Comrade...": Shock, Grief After Sitaram Yechury's Son Dies Of Covid

"Condolences to Shri Sitaram Yechury Ji and his family on the tragic and untimely demise of his son, Ashish. Om Shanti," Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted.

Senior Left leader Sitaram Yechury's son Ashish Yechury died of COVID-19 in Delhi this morning. Condolences poured in for the CPI(M) leader and his family after he announced the death of his older son, who would have turned 35 in June. Ashish Yechury, a journalist, died at Gurgaon's Medanta Hospital after a two-week battle with the infection. Condolences to Shri Sitaram Yechury Ji and his family on the tragic and untimely demise of his son, Ashish. Om Shanti. Dear Com. @SitaramYechury, our deepest condolences on the loss of Ashish. Our thoughts are with you and your family during this difficult time. https://t.co/iraYm2f9Cg Dear comrade, we have no words to express our shock at this tragedy. Our deepest condolences comrade, in this hour of grief and pain that no one should have to suffer - and yet so many are being forced to suffer. "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 in the tweet that drew a deluge of grief messages. Prime Minister Narendra Modi termed Ashish Yechury's death "tragic and untimely".