Senior Communist leader Nusrat Bano Ruhi died on Sunday at Bhopal Memorial Hospital and Research Centre (BMHRC) after prolonged illness. She was 85. Ruhi besides being Communist Party of India (CPI) leader was also an educationist. CPI has expressed profound grief over the demise of Ruhi and offered condolences to her. Party flag was lowered to half mast.
The party would hold a condolence meeting at party’s state office Shakir Sadan on July 21. CPI leaders Shailendra Shelly, Roop Singh Chouhan, Yusuf Habib, Nawabuddin, Govind Singh, Senior journalist lajjashankar Hardenia and others have expressed profound grief over the demise of Ruhi and prayed to the Almighty to grant peace to the departed soul and strength to the bereaved family to bear this loss.
Ruhi was laid to rest at the Badabagh graveyard of the city late in the night. CPI leaders, dignitaries and intellectuals paid homage to the departed soul on the occasion.
Shelly in his condolence message said that Ruhi besides being lecturer and CPI leader was also a women rights activist who always stood for the rights of the fairer sex. She fought a long battle for a change in the law over talaq for years. She was a fighter and in her we have lost a great person, he added.
He said that her services in the field of education and the books penned by her would inspire people for long and would continue to guide generations even after her death.