Thiruvananthapuram: Waynad MP and Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) working president M I Shanavas passed away in the early hours of Wednesday. He was 67.
Shanavas breathed his last at around 1 AM at a private hospital in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. He had undergone a liver transplant on Nov 2.
The senior Congress leader is survived by his wife, a son and a daughter.
The mortal remains of departed leader are expected to be brought to Kochi in the afternoon. His last rites will be performed at a graveyard located in Ernakulam Thottam at 10 am on Thursday, sources said.
Born on September 22, 1951, in Kottayam, Shanavas was active in politics from his student days. He was elected to the Lok Sabha from Wayanad in 2009 and again in 2014.
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