Both of them started their political career from Delhi…breathed their last here, know special things related to Sitaram Yechury-Jaitley

Both were arrested during emergency

Sitaram Yechury entered Indian politics in 1974. At that time he/she became a member of the Students Federation of India (SFI). he/she joined the Communist Party of India (Marxist) in 1975. At that time he/she was a student at Jawaharlal University in Delhi. Yechury was arrested during the Emergency in 1975. After being released from jail after the Emergency was lifted in 1977, Sitaram Yechury was elected President of the JNU Students Union three times in a year. On the other hand, Jaitley was a student activist of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) in Delhi University in the seventies. he/she also became the President of the University Students Union in 1974. During the Emergency, Jaitley was first kept in Ambala Jail and then in Tihar Jail in Delhi. In 1977, he/she was the convener of the Democratic Youth Front. After this he/she was appointed President of Delhi ABVP and All India Secretary of ABVP. Later, he/she became the President of the youth wing of BJP.

walked on two different paths of politics

Although both the leaders started politics together, their ideologies were completely different. While Jaitley moved forward in politics with BJP, Yechury continued his/her political journey with the leftist ideology till the end. In the journey of five decades, both the politicians showed how one can present one’s strong ideological base with expertise in the art of politics. Yechury had become the face of CPM in Delhi. he/she was a Rajya Sabha MP from 2005 to 2017. Jaitley, on the other hand, handled the responsibility of the Ministry of Defense and the Finance Ministry from the Vajpayee government to the Modi government. On the other hand, when the leftist parties supported the first UPA government in May 2004, Yechury’s role was very important at that time. At that time he/she played the role of an important negotiator. he/she also put pressure on the Congress-led government for policy-making.

Beyond party lines, leaders of the opposition party were also close

A warm and outspoken person, he/she had a great sense of humour. Yechury’s politics benefited from his/her ability to make friends across party lines. he/she was one of those rare CPI(M) leaders with whom even BJP leaders could talk. Many say that Yechury was not a mass leader, yet he/she was known to make friends and influence people across political corridors. Jaitley also had the same quality. Jaitley also had very good relations with politicians in different opposition parties. Politically, there is hardly any party in which Jaitley did not have friends. This was the reason why Jaitley was also known as the troubleshooter of his/her party.