Sitaram Yechury's body donated for medical research, here are other politicians who have done the same
The family of Veteran Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M)) leader Sitaram Yechury, who passed away on Thursday, has said that his body will be donated to AIIMS for medical research. The 72-year-old General Secretary of the CPI(M) passed away due to pneumonia at AIIMS New Delhi, where he was undergoing treatment.
Sitaram Yechury's body to be donated
In a statement, the CPI(M) said Yechury's body will be kept at the party headquarters in New Delhi between 11 am and 3 pm on Saturday for public viewing and paying homage. Subsequently, the body will be taken to AIIMS, where it will be donated for medical research, according to his wishes.
Joins party colleagues in donating body
By donating his body for medical research, Yechury joins a small list of politicians who have done so. The other notable names to donate their bodies for medical research after their death were also from the CPI(M).
This includes two former West Bengal Chief Ministers, Jyoti Basu and Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, and former Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee.
Jyoti Basu??
Jyoti Basu, who was the Chief Minister of West Bengal for 34 years, had pledged his body in April 2003. Honouring his wishes, Basu's body was donated to Kolkata's SSKM Hospital after he died in 2010.
Somnath Chatterjee
Former Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee, who was also a CPI(M) leader for most of his life, had pledged to donate his body in 2000. After his death in 2018, Chatterjee's body was donated to the SSKM Hospital in Kolkata.
Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee??
Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, who was the Chief Minister of West Bengal from 2000 to 2011, passed away in August this year. Like his predecessor, Bhattacharjee had also promised to donate his body after death.?
Bhattacharjee's body was donated to SSKM Hospital for scientific research.
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