Kochi : Former Transport Minister and Kuttanadu MLA Thomas Chandy has passed away. He was 72.
Mr Chandy had been undergoing treatment for cancer for quite some time.
He started his political career in the KSU and was later selected as the President of the KSU and Youth Congress in Kuttanad, in 1970.
After re-entering politics actively, he aligned himself with the DIC(K) of which he was the lone MLA as a part of the UDF in the 2006 elections, which later merged with the NCP and then aligned with the LDF for the 2011 elections.
