The untimely passing away of Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)] Polit Bureau member Kodiyeri Balakrishnan has brought down the curtain on the political career of a leader who was clearly destined for higher things in Kerala politics.
As the successor to Pinarayi Vijayan as the party State secretary in 2015 and who continued in the post for a third term, Kodiyeri, as Mr. Balakrishnan was popularly known, would have gone places in Kerala's polity.
