KOCHI:
Veteran Kerala Congress (M) leader and former minister K M Mani passes away at a private hospital.
K M Mani, the chairman of Kerala Congress (Mani) was the longest serving legislator in the state. He was 86.
Mani was being treated for chest infection at a private hospital, and was reportedly admitted last Thursday. Mani has been a legislator of Pala assembly constituency for 50 consecutive years, since 1965. KM Mani had also served as Kerala finance minister in the UDF government.