Kerala legislator N Vijayan Pillai dies at 65
Kollam |
Indo Asian News Service Mar 08, 2020 08:13 AM IST
In the 2016 Assembly polls, Pillai got a seat under the banner of a faction of the Communist Marxist Party and defeated local legislator and son of John, Shibhu Baby John, by 6,189 votes.
N Vijayan Pillai, the Left ruling front legislator from Chavara, passed away in early on Sunday at a private hospital in Kochi, said family sources.
He was under treatment for a terminal illness for the past two months. The last rites would be held at his home near Kollam.
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The 65-year-old began his political career in the Revolutionary Socialist Party and was a close aide of Baby John.
After representing the local bodies for over two decades, he moved to the Congress party but after a few years, he left the Congress.
In the 2016 Assembly polls, Pillai got a seat under the banner of a faction of the Communist Marxist Party and defeated local legislator and son of John, Shibhu Baby John, by 6,189 votes.
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