Hundreds pay last respects to A.V. Russel
The Hindu
Hundreds of people from various walks of life assembled at the CPI(M) district committee office in Kottayam on Saturday to pay their last respects to A.V. Russel, the party’s district secretary.
Hundreds of people from various walks of life assembled at the CPI(M) district committee office in Kottayam on Saturday to pay their last respects to A.V. Russel, the party’s district secretary. His funeral will be held at his residence at 12 noon on Sunday
Russel passed away in Chennai on Friday while resting after undergoing treatment for cancer at Apollo Hospital. His mortal remains were flown to the Kochi airport in the morning and then taken to the CPI(M) district committee office in Kottayam at noon in a procession.
Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, Ministers V. N. Vasavan and Veena George, CPI(M) State secretary M. V. Govindan, along with several MLAs, MPs, and party workers, paid their final respects to the late leader.
The body was taken to the party area committee office in Changanassery in the evening and then to his home at Thengana.
Russel had been working as party Kottayam district secretary for the past four years. He was initially elected to the position in 2022 and re-elected in the district conference held in January this year. Prior to that, he had temporarily held the position when Mr. Vasavan was elected to the Assembly from the Ettumanur constituency in the 2021 Assembly election.
He took party membership in 1981 and served as the Changanassery area secretary of the CPI(M) for 13 years and has been a member of the party district committee for 27 years.
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