Yalamanchili Radhakrishna Murthy (died 19 October 2013), known as YRK, was an Indian medical doctor and politician, belonging to the

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Student years

YRK was an activist in student movement. He became associated with the

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during his student days. During the Telangana armed struggle his residence was used to host underground communist leaders and for storing weapons for the rebels. He finished his medical studies in

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in 1951. The following year he moved to

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Jailed candidate

YRK was jailed five times. In the midst of the

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, he filed nomination papers to contest the 1977 Lok Sabha election whilst being in jail. He ran as the CPI(M) candidate for the Khammam Lok Sabha seat, finishing in second place with 122,628 votes (30.16% of the votes in the constituency).

Parliamentarian

YRK became a CPI(M)

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State Committee member in 1993. In 1996 YRK was elected to the

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(upper house of the Indian parliament). In the Rajya Sabha he was a member of the Medical and Health Parliamentary Committee. As a member of the Parliamentary Committee, he worked for the establishment of the Visakha Institute of Medical Sciences.''The Hindu''.
CPI(M) mourns former MP
' In the following year he was included in the CPI(M) Andhra Pradesh State Secretariat.

Naxal issue

YRK argued for a political solution to the

Naxalite Naxalism is the communist ideology of the Naxalites or Naxals, a grouping of political and insurgent groups from India. It is influenced by Maoist political sentiment and ideology. Inspired by Maoism, Charu Majumdar wrote the Historic Eight ...

insurgency. In 2004 YRK was included in the 20-member Monitoring Committee to oversee the cease-fire between the Andhra Pradesh state government and the

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. The CPI(M) did however disapprove of participating in the committee, and withdrew YRK from it.TelanganaState.com.
Left 'no' to monitoring panel
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Later years

YRK resigned from political positions due to old age. YRK suffered a stroke on 10 October 2013, and died nine days later. He was 85 years old at the time. His body was transported to Khammam and kept at Manchikanti Bhavan.''The Hindu''.
Veteran CPI (M) leader YRK passes away
' His body was cremated on 20 October 2013.''People's Democracy''.

' Many political leaders from different parties as well as a large number of CPI(M) cadres attended the ceremony to pay their respect.

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