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Six-time Congress MLA Mohammed Ali dies

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Six-time Congress MLA Mohammed Ali dies

Thiruvananthapuram, Sep 20 (Ajit Weekly News) Six-time Congress legislator K. Mohammed Ali passed away at a hospital near Aluva on Tuesday, party sources said.

76-year-old Ali was a staunch supporter of A.K. Antony and Oommen Chandy and had represented the Aluva assembly constituency for a record six times starting from 1980 till 2006.

At the 2006 assembly polls, Ali suffered a reversal and lost the polls and after which he quit parliamentary politics.

But in 2021, his son’s wife created a jolt, contesting on a CPI-M ticket lost to sitting Congress legislator Anwar Sadath at Ali’s home constituency.

Ali for a while now was keeping ill health and was staying away from active politics.

The last rites will be held later in the day at his home town Aluva.

–Ajit Weekly News

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