The 79-year-old politician has been diagnosed with pneumonia and continuous to be under observation. 

The soil of Varkala had previously seen her as the woman who sold ice cream around a decade ago to win bread.

Arya Rajendran had become the mayor of Thiruvananthapuram in December 2020 at the age of 22, becoming the youngest mayor of India.

Speaking to us last Saturday, Arya said, "the party had emerged victorious and the victory was the result of the party's welfare schemes to the people. The people have faith in us".

21-year-old Arya Rajendran is all set to become the Mayor of Thiruvananthapuram after the state ruling CPM had won the corporation for the second consecutive time in the recently concluded local body polls.

Being a daughter of an electrician, Arya Rajendran was raised as a patriarch of Communism with her family members are staunch supporters of the leftist party.