November 15, 2023: Veteran Communist and freedom fighter N Sankaraiah passed away in Chennai on Wednesday at the age of 102.

The CPM MLA had been admitted to the Apollo Hospitals for treatment of flu but his condition deteriorated. Sankaraiah is survived by his sons Chandrasekar and Narasimman.

N Sankaraiah was one of the founder members of the Communist Party of India (Marxist). He was the CPI (M) Tamil Nadu State Secretary from 1995 to 2002. He was elected to Tamil Nadu legislative assembly twice from the Madurai West constituency in 1967 and from Madurai East constituency in 1977 and 1980.