Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan condoled her passing, calling the unexpected death of the prominent CPI member painful.
Josephine had also headed the All India Democratic Women’s Association , the Greater Cochin Development Authority and the Women Development Corporation in her political career.
Josephine was attending a live television show hosted by a Malayalam news channel when a young woman told her that she faced harassment at the hands of her husband and mother-in-law.