Former TNCC Chief, Erode East MLA EVKS Elangovan passes away
According to reports from Thanthi TV, Congress officials are currently visiting MIOT Hospital, where Elangovan had been receiving treatment.
Senior Congress leader and Erode East MLA EVKS Elangovan
CHENNAI: Former Tamil Nadu Congress Committee president and Erode East MLA EVKS Elangovan passed away here on Saturday.
Elangovan, who was admitted to a private hospital in the city on November 13 for respiratory complications, died due to illness on Saturday after treatments failed.
Elangovan was elected to Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly from Erode East in March 2023.
Elangovan won the Erode East by poll necessitated by the sudden death of his MLA son THIRUMAGAN Evera who allegedly died due to heart attack.
Meanwhile, the party flag was flown half-mast in the state Congress headquarters Sathyamurthy Bhavan here owing to the demise of its former president.
Leaders of various political parties condoled the demise of Elangovan who made his Assembly debut in 1984 from Sathyamangalam constituency. According to party sources, Elangovan could be laid to rest on Sunday.
Grandson of Periyar’s brother E V Krishnasamy and son of Dravidian stalwart EVK Sampath, Elangovan had also served as a union minister in the 2004-09 tenure of Manmohan Singh as Prime Minister.
Born on December 21, 1948, Elangovan was also elected to the Lok Sabha in 2004 from Gobichettipalayam.
He was appointed the state Congress president in 1996 after late G K Moopanar engineered a vertical split.
The same Elangovan relinquished his position in. 2001 to facilitate an eventual reunion in 2001.
A firebrand speaker known to pack punches against even the high and mighty of the state politics, Elangovan would always be remembered for his acerbic criticism of former chief ministers J Jayalalithaa and M Karunanidhi even during their heyday.
