Caption:CPI (M) Polit Bureau member and Rajya Sabha MP Brinda Karat (third from left) and Umanath (second from right), paying respects to veteran CPI (M) leader Pappa Umanath, on Saturday. Photo: R. Ashok
Members of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) and leaders of various political parties on Saturday paid respects to the veteran CPI (M) leader Pappa Umanath who passed away here on Friday.
Draped in party flag, the body of 80-year-old Pappa Umanath was kept at the CPI (M) district unit office in the city to enable general public and party functionaries to pay their homage. CPI (M) Polit Bureau member and Rajya Sabha MP Brinda Karat flew down to Tiruchi to pay respects to the departed leader who was one of the founders of the All India Democratic Women’s Association.
CPI (M) State secretary G. Ramakrishnan, party’s former State secretary N. Varadharajan, senior CPI (M) leaders T. K. Rengarajan and K. Varadharajan, party MLAs, CITU leaders and members, State Transport Minister K.N. Nehru, Tiruchi Lok Sabha MP P. Kumar, MDMK urban district secretary A. Malarmannan, AIADMK urban district secretary Manoharan, Srirangam MLA Paranjothi paid their respects to the departed leader.
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