Communist Party of India (CPI) cadre from Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Tamil Nadu expressed deep shock over the demise of Vasumathi Devi, an active party member and wife of national secretary K. Narayana at their ancestral home in Ayanambakam village in Nagari constituency of Chittoor district on Thursday. Several senior leaders converged on Tirupati on Friday and paid their respects to the mortal remains.
Party’s national general secretary D. Raja, his wife Annie Raja, State secretaries K. Ramakrishna (Andhra Pradesh), Chada Venkata Reddy (Telangana) and R. Mutharasan (Tamil Nadu), joint secretary Muppalla Nageswara Rao, noted writer Ketu Viswanatha Reddy, AITUC State president Ravula Ravindranath, MLA Kathi Narasimha Reddy and MRPS leader Manda Krishna Madiga were among those who rushed to the party office in Tirupati to console the bereaved leader. YSRCP parliamentary party leader V. Vijaysai Reddy and local MP M. Gurumoorthy also paid their respects.
