Senior Congress chief Thalekkunnil Basheer dies at 77
Senior Congress chief and previous Member of Parliament Thalekkunnil Basheer passed on to the great beyond on the age of 77 in Thiruvananthapuram on Friday morning. He has been indisposed for the previous few months.
Basheer, a outstanding Muslim face in Congress in Kerala, had served because the member of Lok Sabha for 2 phrases from 1984 to 1991. Previous to that, he had additionally served as a member of Rajya Sabha from 1977 to 84.
Basheer was once elected to the state legislative meeting from Kazhakootam constituency within the elections in 1977. However months later, he resigned as a legislator to facilitate a bye-election to get senior Congress chief A Okay Antony elected to the meeting. When Antony had assumed place of business as the executive minister of Kerala in April 1977, he had no longer been a member of the meeting. After Basheer stepped down as Kazhakkoottam legislator, Antony contested a bye-election in October 1977 and gained.
A regulation graduate, he had additionally served as a basic secretary of KPCC in addition to a member of its government committee. Basheer, who have been energetic in cultural affairs, authored a number of books in Malayalam, together with ‘Velicham Kooduthal Velicham‘ (Number of Articles), ‘Rajeev Gandhi: Surya Thejassinte Ormakku‘, ‘Mandelayude Nattil; Gandhijiyudeyum‘ (Travelogue), and ‘Okay Damodaran Muthal Berlin Kunjananthan Nair Vare’.
Leader Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and Opposition Chief V D Satheesan condoled the dying of the Congress chief. Vijayan mentioned Basheer stood for values in politics and had all the time proven willing hobby within the better hobby of society.
Satheesan mentioned Basheer had made his presence felt in political and cultural arenas. He added that he stood for Congress values in politics and he have been a job type for others.
