With great sorrow it is intimated that Com. Shyamali Gupta, till recently President of the All India Democratic Women’s Association and a senior leader of the CPI(M) passed away today at Kolkata. She was 68 years old.She had just returned from Bodh Gaya to kolkata after attending the National Conference of the AIDWA.
She was in the student movement and later took active interest in the women’s movement. She became the General Secretary of the AIDWA in 1990 and later as its President and continued till this Conference. Her death is a big loss to the Women’s Movement.

We express our deep sorrow and convey our heartfelt condolences to the family members and party comrades!