Ex Kerala chief minister and veteran Congress leader Oommen Chandy passed away at the age of 79 due to prolonged illness of cancer in the private hospital of Bengaluru. In the respect of the former CM, Kerala government has announced 2 days of mourning and a public holiday on Tuesday.
This was confirmed by his son by posting a post on Facebook which read “Appa has passed away”.
Chandy remembered by The National Congress (INC) Kerala unit as ‘One of the dynamic and most popular leaders of Kerala’
INC Kerala unit tweets written as ” Extremely sad to bid farewell to our most beloved leader and former CM Shri. Oommen Chandy. One of the most popular and dynamic leaders of Kerala, Chandy sir was loved across generations and sections of the population. The Congress family will miss his leadership and energy”.
After hearing the Chandy demise, political leaders led to a downpour of wishes and condolences.
Leaders like Shashi Tharoor, K Sudhakaran, Srinivas BV, Anil K Antony Aaron Mathew, Priyanka Gandhi, Mallikarjun Kharge and many more gave their condolences to him.
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