The late CPI stalwart C.K. Chandrappan’s wife, Bulu Roy Chowdhury, is no more. She was 82. Ms. Chowdhury, a National Council member of the AITUC, passed away in a private hospital here around 8.15 p.m. on Friday.
The body will be kept for public viewing at the M.N. Smarakam here from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. on Saturday after which it will be taken to the couple’s home at Vayalar near Cherthala. The funeral will be held at 5 p.m. near the C.K. Chandrappan Smrithi Mandapam in the compound of the residence.
Ms. Chowdhury had collapsed on Friday morning in her Kesavadasapuram flat, following which she was shifted to the intensive care unit of the hospital, where she breathed her last.
Ms. Chowdhury played an active role in all activities of the AITUC till her last day, with special focus on the functioning of the organisation in Kerala.
Having worked in the parliamentary party office of the undivided Communist Party in Delhi, she had met Mr. Chandrappan when he reached Delhi as a parliamentarian in 1964.
The two got married in 1975 and worked together for the party till Mr. Chandrappan’s demise in March 2012.
