CPM Central Committee member MC Josephine passes away

KANNUR: CPM Central Committee member MC Josephine passed away here on Sunday. She was on the ventilator at Kannur AKG Hospital after suffering a heart attack. Josephine was admitted to the hospital after she collapsed at the CPM party congress venue yesterday. She was the former chairperson of the Women's Commission.

She had also served as the national vice president and state president of the Mahila Association, chairperson of the Women Development Corporation and chairperson of the Greater Kochi Development Authority. She was a former councilor of Angamaly Municipal Corporation.

Josephine had also contested in the assembly elections and the Lok Sabha elections. The Party Congress expressed its condolences on the demise of Josephine. General Secretary Sitaram Yechury presented the condolence resolution.

Josephine was born in 1948 in Murikumpadam to Chavara and Magdalena. Her husband trade union leader PA Mathai passed away in 2020.