Former Minister and Kerala Congress (B) chairman R Balakrishna Pillai, 86, was admitted to a hospital in Thiruvananthapuram on Thursday morning. 

Pillai has been undergoing treatment for severe breathlessness for a few days. His condition is said to be extremely critical.

Pillai is the chairman of the State Forward Development Corporation and is a director board member of the Nair Service Society (NSS).

Pillai’s health worsened while co-ordinating the election campaign of his son and former minister K B Ganesh Kumar in Pathanapuram assembly constituency. Ganesh Kumar was earlier diagnosed with Covid-19.

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Pillai represented Kottarakkara assembly constituency for seven consecutive terms from 1977 to 2001.

He had handled transport, excise and electricity portfolios in the cabinets headed by C Achutha Menon, EK Nayanar, K Karunakaran and AK Antony. 

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