Former legislator and senior vice president of the Loktantrik Janata Dal (LJD) M.K. Premnath passed away at a private hospital in Kozhikode on Friday morning. He was 73.
Mr. Premnath had a long-standing involvement in politics, representing the Vadakara Assembly segment from 2006 to 2011. In the 2011 Assembly elections, he had unsuccessfully contested as a candidate of the Socialist Janata (Democratic) Party from the same constituency.
Born on June 24, 1950 at Eramala in Vadakara to Narayana Kurup and Padmavathy Amma, Mr. Premnath had entered politics as a student at Azhiyoor High School, inspired by the socialist movement led by Jayaprakash Narayan. He held positions such as State president and secretary of the Independent Students Organisation, the student wing of the Socialist Party, which played a crucial role in opposing the Emergency.
