Kannur (Keralam), Oct 23 Veteran CPI(M) leader and CITU State Secretary K P Sahadevan died at a hospital here on Friday following age-related ailments, party sources said.
He was 84.
He had been undergoing treatment at AKG Hospital here for some days, they said.
Sahadevan, who served as the state secretary of the Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU), began his trade union activities at the age of 18 and spent over six decades in the movement.
He became a member of the undivided Communist Party in 1955-56 and served as the CPI(M)’s Kannur municipal local secretary from the formation of the party in 1964 until 1978.
He became a district committee member in 1978 and joined the district secretariat in 1986. He was elevated to the party’s state committee in 2005 and stepped down from it in 2022.
Sahadevan contested the Kannur Assembly constituency as the LDF candidate in 2006.
He is survived by his wife and children.
Leader of Opposition Pinarayi Vijayan condoled his demise, saying Sahadevan had led the CITU and the LDF at the forefront in Kannur district for several years.
His contributions, Vijayan said, would remain an asset to the broader democratic movement.
(PTI News)
