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Veteran Kerala CPI-M leader Anathalavattom Anandan passed away on Thursday evening following age-related ailments on Thursday evening. He was 86
A former state secretariat member of the CPI-M, Anathalavattom Anandam breathed his last at Thiruvananthapuram Medical College Hospital.
Thrice elected MLA from Attingal, Anathalavattom became a member of the CPI-M state Committee in 1985 and rose to become a member of the state Secretariat in 2008
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Born at Varkala’s Chilakur in the Thiruvananthapuram district on 22 April 1937, Anathalavattom entered politics in 1954 following the coir workers’ strike demanding higher wages. He played a key role in building the trade union base of the CPI-M in Kerala.
Anathalavattom left a job in the Indian Railways to become a full-time communist party worker. He was jailed during the emergency.
His cremation will be held at Santhikavadam here at 5 pm on Friday, He is survived by his wife Laila, and sons Jeeva Anandan and Mahesh Anandan
Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, Finance Minister K N Balagopal, Opposition leader VD Satheesan, and BJP state president K Surendran are among those who condoled the demise of Anathalavattom Anandan.
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