People’s Democratic Party (PDP) vice chairman Poonthura Siraj, 57, passed away on Thursday. He was under treatment for cancer at a private hospital here.
Mr. Siraj, who hails from Poonthura in the district, was a three-time councillor of the Thiruvananthapuram Corporation. In 1995 and 2000 he won as PDP candidate, and as an independent in 2005.
A relative and aide to PDP leader Abdul Nasir Maudany, Mr. Siraj was expelled from the party in 2020, but was reportedly reinstated.
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His plans to contest from Manikyavilakom in the Thiruvananthapuram Corporation in the 2020 local body polls did not work out following objections by the CPI(M).
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