[Marxistindia] condolence message - K R Gauri Amma

[news from the cpi(m)]

May 11, 2021

Press Release

Condolence Message
 From Sitaram Yechury, General Secretary, CPI(M)
On the Death of Gauri Amma



It is with deep pain and grief that I receive the news of the death of  
K.R. Gauri Amma, an outstanding leader of the people’s movement in  
Kerala.

Gauri Amma was the Minister for Revenue, Excise and Devasom in the  
first communist government elected in Kerala, headed by EMS  
Nambooridipad in 1957. She is credited with being one of the  
architects of land reforms in Kerala.

Even before the formation of the present state of Kerala, she was  
elected to the Travancore-Kochi legislative assembly on two occasions.  
She was a minister in various governments in the state including the  
one headed by the United Democratic Front for some time after she was  
expelled from the CPI(M) in 1994. However, disillusioned with the UDF  
she had been cooperating with the Left Democratic Front for the past  
few years.

Married to another stalwart of the Communist movement in Kerala, T.V.  
Thomas, Gauri Amma sided with the CPI(M) when the split in the united  
party took place in 1964, even while Thomas remained in the CPI.

In her departure Kerala has lost the last among the remaining members  
of the 1957 Communist Ministry headed by EMS Namboodiripad. Kerala has  
lost one of its illustrious daughters who commanded wide respect and  
admiration.

I pay tributes to her memory and join the people of Kerala in mourning  
her loss.


For CPI(M) Central Committee Office