Senior Congress leader and Wayanad MP MI Shanavas dies after prolonged illness

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Congress Kerala working president and Wayanad lawmaker MI Shanavas died in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, on Wednesday after a prolonged illness. 

The 67-year-old Congress was admitted to the hospital earlier month in critical condition and underwent liver transplant, state reports.

According to ANI, the senior Congress leader survived from cancer a few years ago, but cancer had recently spread to his liver.

He had been the member of the Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee since 1983, was elected to the Lok Sabha for consecutive two terms-2009 and 2014. 

He will be cremated at Kerela's Ernakulam on Thursday.

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan along with senior Congress leader and former chief minister Oommen Chandy and opposition leader Ramesh Chennithala, expressed their condolences over Shanavas' demise. 

The KPCC working president is survived by his wife, a son and a daughter. 

With agency inputs