Top CPI-M leader Sathidevi to be new chief of Kerala Women’s Commission

Thiruvananthapuram, Sep 25 : Top CPI-M leader P.Sathidevi has been appointed as the new chairperson of the Kerala Womens Commission, said a statement issued by the Commission, here on Saturday.

The 64-year-old Sathidevi is a former Lok Sabha member and is presently the secretary of the Democratic Mahila Association, the womens wing of the CPI-M.

The Commission in its statement said that she will take charge on October 1 at its headquarters here in the state capital city.She is the sister of former party legislator and one of the most popular leader from Kannur -- P.Jayarajan.Her husband is also a former CPI-M legislator from Kozhikode -- M.Dasan who passed away in 2002.The Commission has been lying headless since June, when M.C.Josephine quit after a furore broke out on account of her response to a hapless housewife who called her complaining of domestic violence.