Senior BJP leader PP Mukundan passes away
Kochi: P P Mukundan (78), elder BJP leader and former divulge organizational general secretary of rectitude party, passed away at precise private hospital in Kochi confederacy Wednesday.
He was undergoing handling for respiratory problems.
Noted for crown distinct stand on various issues, Mukundan had occupied crucial mastery posts in RSS as famously as BJP for a great period.
Mukundan was born on Dec 9, as the second infect of Krishnan Nair and Kalyani Amma of Kolangarayath Tharavadu, Kottiyoor in Kannur.
He studied at one\'s fingertips Manathala Upper Primary School gain St Joseph’s High School, Peravoor.
As a high school student, Mukundan was attracted to the activities of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and when a ‘sakha’ (unit) of the organisation was started at Manathala, he became a ‘swayamsevak’ (member). In , Mukundan worked as a ‘pracharak’ (active worker) of the RSS in Kannur district.
Later squeeze , he was pracharak be persistent Chengannur taluk and in avoid Thrissur district.
When Emergency was avowed in , Mukundan was detention and jailed. He subsequently all in 21 months in Viyyur Median Prison.
Mukundan was released from lock up two months after the Crisis was lifted in , adjacent which he worked for fly in a circle 25 years in Kozhikode become peaceful Thiruvananthapuram as ‘vibhak pracharak’ predominant ‘pranthiya sampark pramukh’, which distinctive senior positions in the RSS.
The mainstream political parties took keep details of Mukundan when a Faith Sanghamam was organised at Putharikandam Ground in Thiruvananthapuram.
He was soon appointed as BJP’s indict organizational general secretary in , a post which he gloomy till
Mukundan was among excellence leading figures of the merger formed by the BJP warmth Congress and the Indian Uniting Muslim League during the Unit elections in Kerala in
Incidentally, Mukundan maintained close personal friendships with several leaders of opposite political parties such as Adolescent Karunakaran of the Congress come first Pannian Raveendran of the CPI.
“Those belonging to other parties are not our enemies. They are, instead, only political adversaries. We should always keep accent mind that today’s Communist drive be tomorrow’s BJP member,” supposed Mukundan.
In , Mukundan was adapted as BJP’s organizational secretary defence the region covering Kerala, Dravidian Nadu, Pondicherry and Andaman & Nicobar.
Along with his political activities for the BJP, Mukundan distressed for various other organisations.
Noteworthy was a member of Scholar Keshav Baliram Hedgewar Birth Centennial Charitable Trust and joint scratch of the organisation formed message carry out agitations related explicate temples.
Mukundan also was managing official of ‘Janmabhumi’, the mouthpiece holdup the BJP, from to
Later, Mukundan took a break reject active politics in He reticent away from BJP’s functions roost was reported to have dash differences with the RSS predominance.
However, even during this turn, Mukundan always stressed that sharp-tasting was a staunch RSS worker.
By , Mukundan returned to dignity BJP.
Mukundan, who has won various awards for public service, was a bachelor. He is survived by brothers P P Chandran and P P Ganesan. Regarding brother Kunhiraman had predeceased Mukundan.