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Veteran Communist person and erstwhile Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)] Kannur territory committee subordinate Vayakkadi Balakrishnan, 87, passed distant connected Tuesday (October 14). He was undergoing attraction astatine AKG Hospital, Kannur. The ceremonial volition beryllium held astatine the Payyambalam crematorium connected Wednesday (October 15).
Balakrishnan, who served arsenic the Kannur country caput of the CPI(M) for decades, was instrumental successful organising the enactment successful the district. Known for his beardown organisational skills, helium besides served arsenic the CPI(M) country unpaid skipper and played a captious relation successful respective enactment programmes.
A long-time president of the Kannur Co-operative Press, helium besides served arsenic president of the Kannur Sheera Sangam (Diary Association) and manager of AKG Co-operative Hospital. Earlier, helium had worked arsenic a workers’ national serviceman astatine Western India Plywood.
Mr. Balakrishnan began his governmental travel by organising beedi workers and went connected to go a salient fig representing the CPI(M) successful Kannur city.
He is survived by his woman Jayalakshmi and sons Baiju, Biju, and Liju Vayakkadi. Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, successful his condolence message, said the demise of Balakrishnan, who devoted his beingness to the enactment and the moving class, was a large nonaccomplishment to the CPI(M).
