Kerala: Veteran CPI(M) leader and former MP K Anirudhan passes away

CPI(M) veteran and former MLA and MP K Anirudhan passed away at his residence here, family sources said on Monday.

He was 92.

Anirudhan was suffering from age-related ailments for some time and died last night, the sources said.

Known for his significant contribution to build the Communist party movement in southern parts of the state, Anirudhan was elected to the state assembly in 1963, 1965, 1979 and 1980.

Anirudhan, also an active trade union leader, had represented the then Chirayinkeezhu constituency near here in Lok Sabha after defeating former chief minister R Sankar in the 1967 elections.

He is survived by wife Sudharma and sons, CPI-M Lok Sabha MP A Sampath and Kasthuri.