NCP Kerala president Uzhavoor Vijayan passes away

July 23, 2017 14:28

Nationalist Congress Party Kerala unit president Uzhavoor Vijayan died today at a private hospital in Kochi due to liver related ailments, hospital sources said.

He was 60 and is survived by wife and two daughters.

Vijayan had been undergoing treatment at the hospital since July 11.

He had been put on ventilator support for the last two days but died this morning, the hospital spokesman said.

Hailing from Uzhavoor in Kottayam district, Vijayan began his political career during his college days as a leader of the Kerala Students Union, the student wing of the Indian National Congress.

Vijayan was state secretary of the KSU and Youth Congress before parting his association with Congress along with a group of prominent leaders in protest against proclamation of emergency in the country in 1975.

Vijayan, known for his speech containing political wits, later joined the NCP and rose to the rank of its state president.

He also emerged as a key member of the LDF state committee during the Assembly polls held last year.

He had fought Assembly elections in 2001 from Pala in Kottayam district but lost to Kerala Congress veteran K M Mani.

His cremation will be held tomorrow at his village, NCP sources said.

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