Lok Sabha member of the Kerala Congress and state PCC working president M.I. Shanavas passed away at a private hospital in Chennai early on Wednesday after a prolonged illness. Shanavas's health deteriorated due to infections after a liver transplant surgery in Chennai. He was 67.
The Congress leader, who represented the Wayanad constituency twice in the Lok Sabha, breathed his last at around 1 am.
His body will be brought to Kochi by air on Wednesday afternoon. The funeral will be held at the Thottathumpadi Juma Masjid in Kochi at 10 am on Thursday. He is survived by wife Jubairiyat Begum, daughter Ameena and son Haseeb.
The senior Congress leader was admitted to a hospital in Chromepet, Chennai, on October 31 due to a liver ailment. The liver transplant surgery was done on November 2 and his condition worsened by November 5 due to infections.
Shanavas is the son of Adv M.V. Ibrahim Kutty and Noorjahan Begum of Mukkattuparambil house in Neerettupuram, Thiruvalla.
He started his political career with KSU while he was studying. Shanavas graduated from Farook College, Kozhikode, with a masters degree in English Literature and LLB from Ernakulam Law College.
Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, senior Congress leader and former chief minister Oommen Chandy and opposition leader Ramesh Chennithala expressed their condolences over Shanavas's demise.
