Yechury donates Rs 50,000 award money to Delhi riot victims

CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury Monday donated Rs 50,000 he received as the K Madhavan award to the victims of the Delhi communal riot, a party source said.

Yechury had received the award in January 2020.

The amount has been given to the Delhi Solidarity and Relief Committee, a group formed by the party to work towards relief and rehabilitation in riot-affected areas.

At least 42 people have died and over 200 injured in the riots in northeast Delhi last week.