Telangana's veteran communist leader Mallu Swarajyam passed away due to multiple organ failures in Hyderabad on Saturday. The 91-year-old CPI(M) member participated in the Telangana People's Armed Struggle (1946-51) against feudal lords and Razakars during the Nizam rule. As a candidate of CPI(M), she was elected to the state Assembly of undivided Andhra Pradesh for two terms (1978 and 1983).