<p class="title">NCP Kerala president and former Kerala minister Thomas Chandy (72) died in Kochi on Friday.</p>.<p class="title">Chandy, who was an MLA of Kuttanad in Alappuzha, was undergoing treatment for cancer for quite some time.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Chandy served as transport minister in the present Left Front government in Kerala for around eight months in 2017.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He entered politics through the Congress and later joined the NCP. He won the Assembly elections for three consecutive terms from Kuttanad.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Chandy was also an NRI businessman and a hotelier. His resort at Alappuzha faced allegations of land encroachment and he had to resign from the Cabinet in this connection.</p>
<p class="title">NCP Kerala president and former Kerala minister Thomas Chandy (72) died in Kochi on Friday.</p>.<p class="title">Chandy, who was an MLA of Kuttanad in Alappuzha, was undergoing treatment for cancer for quite some time.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Chandy served as transport minister in the present Left Front government in Kerala for around eight months in 2017.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He entered politics through the Congress and later joined the NCP. He won the Assembly elections for three consecutive terms from Kuttanad.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Chandy was also an NRI businessman and a hotelier. His resort at Alappuzha faced allegations of land encroachment and he had to resign from the Cabinet in this connection.</p>
