Former Tamil Nadu MLA and Congress leader D Yasodha had passed away on Sunday at the age of 76 in Chennai due to health-related issues. The septuagenarian served as the legislator for four times representing the Congress party in the Tamil Nadu state assembly. 

Yasodha was admitted to a private hospital earlier this month after she fainted at a party meeting that was held in Chennai and she was undergoing treatment. However, her health got deteriorated and despite the efforts to save her, she breathed her last on Sunday without responding to the treatment. Yasodha was known for speaking about the issues faced by Dalits and Minorities in the state assembly. 

According to reports, Yasodha was elected to the legislative assembly for four times -1980, 1984, 2001, and 2006 from Sriperumbudur legislative constituency, in the outskirts of Chennai. During her tenure as the legislator, she also had served as the Congress Legislature Party leader and Deputy Leader in the assembly. Besides serving as the legislator, she was also a trustee of the Tamil Nadu Congress Committee (TNCC) trust and she also had held positions including Chief of Tamil Nadu Mahila Congress. 

After the news of her demise broke out, state political leaders have been paying tribute to the departed soul and expressing condolences to her family. In his tribute note, TNCC President KS Alagiri said Yasodha was a dedicated party worker for decades and said that her death was an irreplaceable loss for the party. Alagiri added that Yasodha was drawn to the principles of K Kamaraj and recently she complained of health issues while participating in a Congress meeting following which she was taken to the hospital. 

Expressing his condolences, DMK President MK Stalin said that when Karunanidhi was the Chief Minister and he was the Deputy Chief Minister, Yasodha would get things done for her legislative constituency not as a legislator but as a family member. Stalin added that regardless of being part of the ruling alliance or opposition, Yasodha had spoken about the issues concerned with the lives of backward people in the assembly as those lives were mattered to her.