| 1. Sitaram Yechury was born in a Telugu family in Madras and did schooling mostly in Andhra Pradesh. |
| 2. He moved to Delhi after the Telangana agitation in 1969 and completed his higher studies there. |
| 3. In his school days, he was influenced by the Communist movement. |
| 4. Yechury attained the All-India first rank in the CBSE Examination. |
| 5. In 1974, he became a member of the Student Federation of India. |
| 6. During college, he was a sportsperson and excelled in playing lawn tennis; he even represented his university in the sport. |
| 7. In 1975, he was imprisoned for dissenting against the Internal Emergency and elected as the President of JNU’s Student Union. |
| 8. By 1978, Yechury became the All-India Joint Secretary of SFI and later its President before leaving in 1986. |
| 9. He joined the Central Committee of the CPI(M) in 1984. |
| 10. Yechury's first wife was Vina Mazumdar's daughter, with whom he had two sons and a daughter before marrying Seema Chisti. |
| 11. He entered the Rajya Sabha for the first time in July 2005. |
| 12. Yechury is vocal about his criticism of the U.S.A’s foreign policy and Barack Obama's visit on Republic Day. |
| 13. The notable books authored by Yechury include “Left Hand Drive” and “Socialism in 21st Century.” |
| 14. On April 19, 2015, Yechury was elected as the General Secretary of CPI (M) in Vishakhapatnam. |
| 15. He was re-elected as the General Secretary of CPI (M) in April 2018. |
| 16. Yechury has led the Party’s International Department. |
| 17. He was the first president of SFI who was not from Kerala or Bengal. |
| 18. He played a key role in formulating ideological positions of the CPI(M) following the setbacks to socialism. |
| 19. He was an ardent advocate of coalition politics and worked on common minimum programmes for the United Front government in 1996 and UPA governments in 2004 and 2009. |
| 20. He played a crucial role in reducing the BJP to a minority in parliament during the 2024 general elections through alliance politics. |
