Actress Swara Bhaskar took to social media to condemn posts claiming that the late Communist Party of India (Marxist) leader Sitaram Yechury was a “Christian” with a Hindu name.
Sitaram Yechury passed away on September 12 after battling a lung infection at AIIMS, New Delhi.
Following Yechury’s demise, some social media users shared a picture of the leader’s embalmed body, igniting speculation about his religion.
Swara slammed such posts, stating, “I doubt that Comrade Sitaram Yechury converted. His body is in a box because it is embalmed, as it has been donated to AIIMS for medical research! This is publicly available information.”
She shared screenshots of the posts targeting the leader and wrote, “The flaming idiocy of Sanghi trash will never fail to amaze me!”
Expressing her anger over the posts against the CPI(M) leader, she added, “He was a truly selfless man, committed to the cause of humanity’s betterment even after death! Meanwhile, the guttersnipes communalizing a communist leader’s death don’t even qualify to be called human!”
Sitaram Yechury passed away on Thursday at AIIMS, New Delhi, at the age of 72. He had been admitted on August 19 with pneumonia and was in the ICU, receiving treatment for an acute respiratory tract infection. In his final days, he was on respiratory support, with his condition reported as critical.