 "Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, CPI(M) General Secretary Sitaram Yechury with party leaders during the funeral of CPI(M) leader Kodiyeri Balakrishnan, in Kannur")
The mortal remains of CPI(M) stalwart Kodiyeri Balakrishnan were consigned to flames on Monday at Payyambalam beach here in the presence of tens of thousands of party workers and senior leaders, who arrived to bid farewell to their dearest comrade.
Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and Marxist party General Secretary Sitaram Yechury, along with other leaders carried the body of Balakrishnan to the pyre readied at Payyambalam beach.
Vijayan broke down while remembering his comrade and veteran Left leader Balakrishnan before the thousands who came to bid an emotional farewell this evening.
Balakrishnan, who was the former Home and Tourism minister
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