Sudha Sundararaman (born 1958) is an Indian politician and the central committee member of

Communist Party of India (Marxist) The Communist Party of India (Marxist) (abbreviated as CPI(M)/CPIM/CPM) is a Marxist–Leninist communist political party in India. It is the largest communist party of India in terms of membership and electoral seats and one of the na ...

. As of 2014, she is the general secretary of All India Democratic Women's Association.

Biography

Sundararaman became interested in the Students' Federation of India, a student wing of Communist Party of India (Marxist), while she was a student of English literature at

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. After her graduation, she completed a

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and started her career as a school teacher. Sundararaman married one of her friends. During this time, she involved herself in activities such as saving women victims from violence against them. Following that, she quit her teaching job and joined All India Democratic Women's Association (AIDWA), the women's wing of the

. In 1995, Sundararaman was appointed the general secretary of AIDWA

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and continued to hold the position till 2001. Sundararaman challenged the opposition to passing the

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which proposes to amend the

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to reserve 1/3 of all seats in the lower house of Parliament of India and in all state legislative assemblies for women.Sudha Sundararaman on India's Women's Reservation Bill
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