NE NEWS SERVICE
CHENNAI, JUNE 1
Veteran BJP leader and the former Tamil Nadu state president K N Lakshmanan died on Monday in Salem due to age related complications, party sources here said.
Anguished by the demise of Shri KN Lakshmanan Ji. He was at the forefront of serving the people of Tamil Nadu and expanding the BJP organisation there. His role in the anti-Emergency movement and participation in socio-cultural activities will always be remembered. Om Shanti.
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) June 1, 2020
The 92 year-old former legislator breathed his last at his residence in Sevvaipettai in Salem at about 9.10 p.m. on Monday, around 350 km from Chennai.
He is survived by wife, son and daughter. Lakshmanan had represented the Mylapore constituency here in the state assembly from 2001-06 and had headed the BJP state unit twice.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Telangana Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan condoled his death, recalling his principled and simple life. DMK president M K Stalin also expressed grief over the death of the veteran leader.