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C. V. Padmarajan, Veteran Kerala Congress Leader, Dies at 94

State leaders have honoured his decades of public service with tributes, with a foundation in his memory set to open in Kollam.

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  • Padmarajan died on July 16 at a private hospital in Kollam due to age-related ailments.
  • He served as Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee president from 1983 to 1987, during which the party acquired Indira Bhavan as its state headquarters.
  • Under Chief Ministers K. Karunakaran and A. K. Antony, he held Finance, Power and Fisheries portfolios in the state government.
  • He began his political journey as a student activist in the freedom struggle and served as District Government Pleader and Public Prosecutor in Kollam from 1973 to 1979.
  • Organisers plan to launch a foundation in his honour in Kollam after he personally invited Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan to inaugurate it.