TRIBUTE PAID TO KARUMALIL SUKUMARAN-THE CONGRESS LEADER
Congress
leader and the former chairman of the erstwhile Kollam Municipal Council
Karumalil Sukumaran, 70, passed away early Saturday,28th July,2012,
at a private hospital here. Mr. Sukumaran was ailing for some time and his
condition turned critical three days ago.He is survived by his wife Udaya
Sukumaran, who is at present a councillor in Kollam City Corporation, and two
sons, Vishnu and Karun. His body was taken from his house at Tangasseri and
kept for some time at the Kollam District Congress Committee office and the
City Corporation complex for the public to pay their last respects.The last
rites were performed at the Mulankadakam public crematorium in the evening.Chief
Minister Oommen Chandy arrived here on Saturday evening to pay his respects to
Mr. Sukumaran.
Others
who arrived to pay homage included the Union Minister of State for Power K.C.
Venugopal, Minister for Culture K.C. Joseph, N. Peethambara Kurup MP, the former
KPCC presidents C.V. Padmarajan and Thennala Balakrishna Pillai, Congress
spokesman M.M. Hassan, Congress leaders K.C. Rajan, Sooranad Rajasekharan and
Kadavoor Sivadasan, Mayor Prasanna Earnest, Deputy Mayor G. Lalu, MLAs K. Raju and A.A. Azeez, CPI district secretary R. Ramachadran and Kerala
Shabdam managing editor B.A. Rajakrishnan.Mr. Sukumaran entered
politics through the Kerala Students Union while studying at Saint Aloysius
High School here. He was chairman of the Kollam Municipal Council for 10 years.
During the tenure, Mr. Sukumaran was instrumental in implementing various
development projects in Kollam, including the C. Keshavan Memorial Town Hall.
He
entered the electoral fray in 1968 by contesting to the Kollam Municipal
Council and won. Since then, he was a municipal councillor of Kollam for 32
consecutive years.He had also served as chairman of the Kerala State Cashew
Development Corporation. In the Congress, he served as KPCC executive committee
member and AICC member.
Prof. John Kurakar
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