CPI (M) General Secretary Sitaram Yechuri addresses gathering during a protest against the killing of journalist Gauri Lankesh, at the Press Club of India in New Delhi on Wednesday. PTI 

The CPI(M) today condemned senior journalist Gauri Lankesh's killing, which it alleged, fits into the "familiar pattern" of eliminating voices that dare to speak against "climate of intolerance" created by the RSS and BJP.