Kerala CM Vijyan expresses grief over Oommen Chandy’s demise

In his first response to former Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy’s demise, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Tuesday shared that the former was a capable administrator and a person who was closely involved in people’s lives. Expressing grief over the former Chief Minister’s death, Vijayan said, “Oommen Chandy was a capable administrator and a person who was closely involved in people’s lives.” Vijayan shared that both Chandy and him were elected to the Legislative Assembly in the same year and had come to politics during the same time through student life. “We were elected to the Legislative Assembly in the same year. It was at the same stage that we came to the political fore through student life. we led public life at the same time and its extremely difficult to bid him farewell,” the Kerala Chief Minister said. Former Kerala Chief Minister and senior Congress leader Oommen Chandy passed away in Bengaluru in the early hours of Tuesday.