Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 1 Form Kerala Speaker Vakkom Purushothaman died due to an age related illness at his house on Monday.
He was 95. The senior Congress leader served as Governor of Mizoram, Speaker of Kerala,and Lieutenant Governor of Andaman and Nicobar.
He was a minister in the cabinet of C Achutha Menon, E K Nayanar and Oommen Chandy.
Purushothaman started his political career as a KSU activist in 1946. He represented the Attingal constituency five times. He was a Lok Sabha member from 1984 to 1991.
