Veteran Kerala CPIM leader Kodiyeri Balakrishnan dies at 68

Veteran CPIM leader and former state secretary of the party Kodiyeri Balakrishnan died in Chennai today. He was 68.

The senior politician was undergoing treatment for cancer.

A five-time MLA from Thalassery in Kannur, Kodiyari Balakrishnan served as



the Home Minister of Kerala in VS Achuthanandan’s cabinet from 2006 to 2011.

Kodiyeri played a major role in leading the CPIM to a second term in 2021. He stepped down due to his failing health recently as the secretary of the Kerala CPM’s state committee from 2015 to 2022.