Former Kerala Deputy Speaker and veteran Communist chief CA Kurian passes away

By Express News Service
MUNNAR: Former deputy speaker of Kerala Assembly and veteran chief of plantation employees’ union in Idukki C A Kurian handed away in Munnar on Saturday morning.

The 88-year-old chief was present process remedy at Munnar Tata Tea General Hospital following age associated illnesses.

A veteran chief of the CPI, Kurian represented Peerumedu constituency within the Kerala Assembly for 3 phrases from 1977.

He served as deputy speaker from 1996 to 2001. Born at Puthuppally in Kottayam district in 1933, Kurian began his profession as a financial institution worker, however resigned from the job in 1960 and got here to Idukki to work for the welfare of plantation employees.

He had led many agitations to make sure minimal wages for the plantation employees.

He served because the state govt member of the CPI, AITUC state secretary, All India Plantation Workers Federation basic secretary, Devikulam Estate Workers Union president, and High Range Estate Labour Union president for greater than 5 a long time. He performed a key position in establishing the communist get together in Idukki district.