Veteran CPI(M) leader, women & Dalit rights champion Mythili Sivaraman passes away

Leaders of various political parties condoled Sivaraman's death. In life, she was known for publicizing several incidents of atrocities against Dalits and tribals.

Veteran CPI(M) leader Mythili Sivaraman, known for co-founding the All India Democratic Women's Association, passed away in Chennai while undergoing treatment for Covid-19. Sivaraman, 81, was a research assistant in the Permanent Mission of India to the United Nations between 1966 to 1968. She then returned to India and actively participated in events coordinated by the Centre for Indian Trade Union and also became a prominent women's rights activist. She played a key role in bringing to light the horrors of the Keezhvenmani massacre of 1968, in which 44 members of the Dalit community, including children, were killed for leading a strike demanding higher wages.