M. Murali, senior Congress leader and former Mavelikara MLA, passes away

Senior Congress person and erstwhile Mavelikara MLA M. Murali passed distant connected Thursday (February 5, 2026). He was 72. The extremity came astatine a backstage infirmary successful Thiruvananthapuram.

Mr. Murali represented Mavelikara successful the Kerala Legislative Assembly for the archetypal clip successful 1991, defeating S. Govinda Kurup of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)]. He went connected to correspond the constituency successful 1996, 2001 and 2006.

Mr. Murali was calved to K.P. Madhavan Pillai and V.K. Rajamma astatine Cherukole connected August 3, 1953. He entered authorities done the Kerala Students Union (KSU) successful 1969 and became its State wide caput and president. For 7 years from 1982, helium was a wide caput of the Youth Congress. He was besides a subordinate of the Indian Youth Congress nationalist council.

Mr. Murali garnered State-level attraction erstwhile helium led a Secretariat march of the younker from Kannur successful 1982.

Mr. Murali retained the Mavelikara spot successful 1996, defeating P.N. Vishwanathan of the CPI(M). In 2001 and 2006, helium repeated the feat by defeating N.V. Pradeep Kumar of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and G. Rajamma of the CPI(M) respectively. Although helium contested from Kayamkulam successful 2011, helium mislaid to C.K. Sadasivan of the CPI(M).

Mr. Murali was a subordinate of the archetypal Senate of MG University. On antithetic occasions, helium has besides served connected the consultative committee of the Kerala State Electricity Board, the manager committee of the Kerala State Financial Enterprises, and the Kerala State Youth Welfare Board.

CM condoles death

Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan condoled the death. Leader of the Opposition V.D. Satheesan remembered Mr. Murali arsenic an businesslike legislator and a salient look of the Congress successful Kerala. Speaker A.N. Shamseer, successful a condolence message, remembered him arsenic an capable organiser, lawyer and legislator.

Mr. Murali is survived by his woman K.S. Rema Devi and 3 sons, Mithun, Mridul and Mrinal.