A sad news came out for the Indian National Congress from Kerala. Kerala Congress working president and MLA PT Thomas, 70, passed away today due to ill health. He had cancer and was admitted to Vellore Medical College Hospital where he was undergoing treatment for a long time. Due to other health related problems, PT Thomas was not able to get chemotherapy properly. He passed away without treatment for cancer. There is a wave of mourning in the political circles due to the sudden demise of PT Thomas.
Please tell that PT Thomas was one of the three working presidents of the Kerala Congress Committee. He had served as a Lok Sabha MP from Idukki four times (from 2009 to 2014). He was elected from Thirukkarai in the 2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly elections.
PT Thomas was born in 1950. Before joining politics, he used to teach chemistry. They have two sons and a daughter and they are also three.
He started his political career as an activist of the Kerala Students Union (KSU). After this he has also been the state president of Youth Congress.
Let us tell you that in 1970 he was associated with the Congress. In the second term of the UPA, he had also served as Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Minister of State in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution.
In 2001, he was the Minister of Tourism, Fisheries and Excise, Government of Kerala.
In 2014, he won the Ernakulam constituency despite the Modi wave.
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