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CPI Legislator Vazhoor Soman Dies After Collapse at Kerala Revenue Meeting

The Peerumade MLA was a veteran organiser for plantation workers in Idukki.

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At the time of his demise, Vazhoor Soman was serving as the Vice President of the AITUC Kerala and was also a member of its National Working Committee.
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Overview

  • Soman collapsed after leaving a revenue session at the Institute of Land and Disaster Management in Thiruvananthapuram and was declared dead at Sree Ramakrishna Mission Hospital, with doctors citing a heart attack.
  • Revenue Minister K. Rajan said he rushed Soman to the hospital immediately, and Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan later arrived to pay respects.
  • Arrangements call for the body to lie in Thiruvananthapuram for public homage before being taken to Peerumade/Vandiperiyar.
  • Elected from Peerumade in 2021, he defeated Congress candidate Syriac Thomas by 1,835 votes.
  • A longtime AITUC state vice-president and plantation workers’ leader, his age was reported as either 72 or 74 by different outlets.