Kerala bypolls: Congress leader Kavalloor Madhu dies after collapsing during Vattiyoorkavu campaigning

Thiruvananthapuram | Sunday | 13th October, 2019

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By Express News ServiceTHIRUVANANTHAPURAM: AICC member and Thiruvananthapuram District Congress Committee Vice president Kavalloor Madhu, 63, on Sunday collapsed and died suddenly during the election campaign of the UDF candidate for Vattiyoorkavu Assembly constituency, K Mohankumar. Madhu who had contested unsuccessfully in the 2006 elections as a UDF candidate from Kilimanoor assembly constituency was immediately brought to a private hospital where the doctors declared him brought dead. Madhu was associated with several cooperative institutions and was a well know leader of the cooperative movement in the district. He was also the former Thiruvananthapuram district president of the Bhratheeya Dalit Congress. As a mark of respect to the departed leader, UDF has temporarily put hold on the electioneering at Vattiyoorkavu assembly constituency..