Sulur AIADMK MLA Kanagaraj dies of cardiac arrest

Updated Date: 3/21/2019

Category: Political News

He is the fifth legislator of the current Assembly to die since May 2016; House vacancy rises to 22.

AIADMK Sulur MLA R. Kanagaraj died of cardiac arrest on Thursday morning. He was 64.

Party functionaries said Kanagaraj collapsed and died while reading a newspaper at his residence in Vadambacherry village near Sultanpet in Sulur.

With the death of the first-time MLA, the vacancy in the Tamil Nadu Assembly has increased to 22. By-elections are being held in 18 of these consituencies on April 18.