Thiruvananthapuram: Former Transport Minister of Kerala K Sankaranarayana Pillai passed away after fainted in his house near Pazhavadi in Nedumangad on Monday night.
He was 78 and is survived by his wife Girija and two daughters, Aswathy Shankar and Ambili Shankar.

Pillai was Transport Minister in the Cabinet headed by E.K.Nayanar from 1987 to 1991. He was served as the General Secretary, DCC, Trivandrum from 1969 to 1972 and later, as its President too. He was elected to the Assembly in 1982 and 1987 from the Thiruvananthapuram East constituency, representing the Congress (S). He had also served as member, KSEB, Director, Kerala State Financial Enterprises and Director, Kerala State Co-operative Marketing Federation.

Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, in his condolence message, recalled Pillai as a politician who exemplified simplicity. Speaker M.B.Rajesh and ministers V.Sivankutty, Roshy Augustine and Antony Raju also mourned the death of Pillai.

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