Kerala Congress (B) chairman R Balakrishna Pillai passes away
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By Express News Service
KOLLAM: R Balakrishna Pillai, founding father of Kerala Congress (B) and former minister, died on the age of 86. He breathed his final at a hospital in Kottarakkara on Monday morning.
He was admitted to a personal hospital in Kottarakkara final Wednesday following respiration difficulties.
He handed away a day after his son and former minister KB Ganesh Kumar received the meeting polls from Pathanapuram constituency. Pillai was one of many founding leaders of the Kerala Congress and the primary General Secretary of the occasion. He has been in control of the Excise, Transport and Electricity Departments.
He had been holding the workplace of Chairman, Kerala State Welfare Corporation for Forward Communities. He can also be the Chairman of Kerala Congress (B).
Balakrishna Pillai was born on March 8, 1935 in Valakom, Kottarakkara to Raman Pillai and Karthiyaniyamma. He grew to become an lively politician by Congress.
He then joined the Kerala Congress and from there fashioned his personal occasion. He was lively in politics in addition to social work.
He was the NSS union president of Pathanapuram taluk for greater than six many years. He has additionally served on the NSS Board of Directors.
Balakrishnan’s spouse Valsalakumari handed away in 2018. Children: KB Ganesh Kumar MLA, Usha and Bindu. Son-in-law: Former Central Shipping Secretary Okay Mohandas, former Additional Chief Secretary TK Balakrishnan and Bindu Menon.
