It was 8.39 p.m. on Friday.
Into the crowded campus outside the School of Medicine of Amrita Hospital drove in a bus. It came to a halt right next to the elevated platform on which was kept the body of departed CPI leader Kanam Rajendran covered with a white spread.
From the bus emerged the State Cabinet led by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan to pay homage to their fellow comrade. It proved to be a fitting farewell to the leader who simply went by the name ‘Kanam’ in political and party circles. The body was moved into the morgue shortly after the Cabinet members left around 9.15 p.m.
