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May 3, 2021, 07:44 AM IST R Balakrishna Pillai Kollam: Kerala Congress (B) chairman R Balakrishna Pillai passed away on Monday early morning due to age related ailments. He was 86. He was admitted to a private hospital in Kottarakkara in Kollam a few days back and was in ventilator support. The end came at the hospital. It was K B Ganeshkumar, son of Balakrishna Pillai, who announced the death news. He was first elected to the Assembly in 1960 from Pathanapuram. Later he won from Kottarakkara in 1965. He won from the Kottarakkara Assembly constituency consecutively from 1977 to 2006. In 2006, Pillai was defeated by CPM’s Aisha Potty and after that he did not contest.