Senior CPIM leader Kodiyeri Balakrishnan dies
Chennai: Senior CPIM leader and former Kerala Home Minister Kodiyeri Balakrishnan died at Apollo Hospital in Chennai on Saturday night. He had been undergoing treatment for cancer for some time. He was 69.
A polit bureau member of the Marxist party, Balakrishnan had served as the CPIM’s state secretary from 2015 to 2022.
A multiple-time MLA, he also served as the Minister of Home and Tourism Affairs in the V S Achuthanandan ministry from 2006 to 2011.