Kerala news: Powerful CPI (M) leader Kanam Rajendran passes away at 73
Chief Minister and his cabinet members proceeded to the hospital to extend their tributes to the leader. Kanam Rajendran was born on 10 November 1950 in Koottikkal village of Kerala's Kottayam district. His first step into politics came at the age of 18 during his education in Vazhoor.
Owing to his sharp acumen, Rajendran rapidly rose to the rank of state secretary of the CPI's youth wing All India Youth Front (AIYF) at the young age of 23. Two years later, at the age of 25 Rajendran became one of the youngest members of CPI's state secretariat. Throughout his political career, Rajendran played a pivotal role in the trade union domain following his appointment as the state secretary of the Kerala State Trade Union Council and the national vice president of the trade union organization AITUC.
Rajendran successfully contested the election from the Vazhoor constituency in Kerala and represented its people in 1982 and 1987. During his term, Rajendran was credited with introducing the crucial construction workers' welfare bill. Although the leader couldn't get elected to the Kerala Assembly again, Rajendran continued his influence within the party and was treated as the most powerful man in CPI (M) after Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan.
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