Senior Congress leader Oommen Chandy, who served as the Chief Minister of Kerala twice, died in Bengaluru in the early hours of July 18. The 79-year-old leader who always stood out in his trademark white cotton shirt and dhoti worn usually with a cordial smile, breathed his last in a private hospital in Bengaluru at 4.25 a.m. Chandy was undergoing treatment in Bengaluru for the past few months.
President Droupadi Murmu, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, several Union Ministers, Chief Ministers of various States and leaders of political parties expressed their grief and conveyed their condolences on social media platforms like Twitter and Facebook. People of Kerala led by Governor Arif Mohammed Khan, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and political leaders across party affiliations, in the State also mourned his passing.
