<p class="title">Ruling AIADMK MLA R Kanagaraj died of a massive heart attack at his residence here Thursday, party sources said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He was 64 and is survived by his wife, son and a daughter.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Kanagaraj who represented Sulur Assembly constituency in the district was reading a newspaper when he suddenly collapsed, party sources said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">A doctor who rushed to the MLA's house from the neighbourhood declared him dead, the sources added.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The body has been kept at his residence in Sultanpet to enable the public to pay homage.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Kanagaraj worked from the grass-root level for the party for the last 30 years and rose to become a Panahcyat president and was elected MLA in 2016, defeating Congress candidate VM Manoharan by over 36,000 votes. </p>
<p class="title">Ruling AIADMK MLA R Kanagaraj died of a massive heart attack at his residence here Thursday, party sources said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He was 64 and is survived by his wife, son and a daughter.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Kanagaraj who represented Sulur Assembly constituency in the district was reading a newspaper when he suddenly collapsed, party sources said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">A doctor who rushed to the MLA's house from the neighbourhood declared him dead, the sources added.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The body has been kept at his residence in Sultanpet to enable the public to pay homage.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Kanagaraj worked from the grass-root level for the party for the last 30 years and rose to become a Panahcyat president and was elected MLA in 2016, defeating Congress candidate VM Manoharan by over 36,000 votes. </p>