Kerala MLA and IUML leader Abdul Razack passes away

Kasargode (Kerala): P.B. Abdul Razack, a senior IUML legislator from Kerala, died at a private hospital here Saturday, party sources said. He was 63.

Razack, a two-time legislator representing the state’s northernmost constituency of Manjeswaram that borders Karnataka, was in the hospital for the past few days.

In the 2016 Assembly polls, he won with a margin of 89 votes when he defeated senior BJP leader K. Surendran.

His death comes at a time when an election petition filed by Surendran was being currently heard in the Kerala High Court.

Malappuram Lok Sabha member and veteran IUML leader P.K. Kunhalikutty said Razack, a successful businessman, rose from the ranks of the party and was liked by all.

The last rites would be held on Saturday evening.

[source_without_link]IANS[/source_without_link]