Saraswathy Kunjukrishnan, senior Congress leader and the first woman District Congress Committee (DCC) president in the State, passed away at her house here early Monday. She was 92.
She had been ailing owing to age-related problems. The body has been kept in the mortuary of a private hospital here and will be taken to the Kollam DCC office at 4 p.m. on Tuesday for the people to pay their last respects. The body will then be taken to her house where it will be kept till Wednesday. The funeral rites will be held at 11 a.m. on Wednesday at the Mulangadakam public crematorium.
Saraswathy Kunjukrishnan is the widow of the two-time MLA and former Kollam DCC president Kulangara Kunjukrishnan. She was elected KPCC general secretary in 1978 and served as Kollam DCC president from 1982 to 1986.
She is survived by a son and two daughters. Minister Kadannappally Ramachandran and Congress leaders A.K Antony, Vayalar Ravi, V.M. Sudheeran, Oommen Chandy, C.V. Padmarajan, Thennala Balakrishna Pillai, and Sooranad Rajashekaran condoled her death.
The president and members of the Travancore Devaswom Board too condoled the death of Saraswathy Kunjukrishnan. A holiday has been declared for all offices under the board on January 4. She had served as a member of the board for 10 years.
