Manjeshwaram MLA Abdul Razak is no more

KANNUR: Manjeshwaram MLA and

Indian Union Muslim League

(IUML) leader P B Abdul Razak died at a private hospital in

Kasaragod

in the early hours of Saturday.He was 63.


Razak was admitted to the hospital a few days ago following respiratory ailment and fever.

Born to Beeran Moideen Haji and Beefathima at Chengala in Kasaragod in 1955, Razak established himself as a businessman soon after completing school. Around this period, he was associated with

Muslim Youth League

. Razak went on to become the IUML’s national executive member.

He was the MLA of Manjeshwaram since 2011, when he defeated CPM leader C H Kunhambu by 5,828 votes. Earlier, he was also elected as Chengala panchayat president and

Kasaragod district

panchayat president.

In 2016, he had a dramatic victory in the assembly election by defeating BJP leader K Surendran by a slender margin of 89 votes. Following this, Surendran moved court, alleging electoral fraud, and the case is pending in the court. But Razak was least bothered about such controversies and bought a new Innova car, for which he got the registration number 89.

Thousands paid homage when the body of the departed leader was kept at IUML office at Manjeshwaram. Ministers E Chandrasekharan and Ramachandran Kadannappally, IUML leaders PK Kunhalikutty and MK Muneer and opposition leader Ramesh Chennithala, among others arrived to pay the last respects.

In a condolence message, chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan remembered Razak as someone who was so keen about the development and social issues of Kasaragod.

KPCC president Mullappally Ramachandran said Razak was a role model for public servants.