Veteran CPI(M) leader and former MP R Umanath passed away at a private hospital here today due to age-related illness.
He was 93 and is survived by two daughters, one an advocate and another a party functionary. His wife had predeceased him.
Umanath, a former CPI(M) Politburo member was firmly opposed to the LTTE and creation of a separate 'Eelam' (homeland) for Tamils in Sri Lanka.
Umanath was also former vice president of Centre of Indian Trade Union (CITU) and former state secretary of CPI(M).
He was 93 and is survived by two daughters, one an advocate and another a party functionary. His wife had predeceased him.
Umanath, a former CPI(M) Politburo member was firmly opposed to the LTTE and creation of a separate 'Eelam' (homeland) for Tamils in Sri Lanka.
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He was an MP representing Pudukottai from 1962 to 1965 and an MLA from Nagapattinam during 1977-80.
Umanath was also former vice president of Centre of Indian Trade Union (CITU) and former state secretary of CPI(M).