Kerala Congress (M) supremo and one of the most prolific politicians of Kerala, KM Mani passed away on Tuesday evening. The 86-year-old had been undergoing treatment at the Lakeshore hospital for unknown ailments and had been admitted there since Thursday last week.
Mani’s health had been deteriorating for a while now, resulting him in being frequently hospitalised for chest infections in the recent past. In his most recent stay at the hospital, he was kept under close medical supervision. Visitors’ access to him was restricted so as to avoid further infection.
The veteran politician had a career spanning over five decades and had been leading the KC(M) since its inception in 1979, after it split from the Kerala Congress. Among the factions that came out of the Kerala Congress split, KC(M) is one of the few ones that continues to be prominent.