Thiruvananthapuram: Senior Congress leader and former excise minister of the state, M R Reghuchandrabal, died at a private hospital following an illness, party sources said on Saturday.

The 75-year-old veteran leader had entered politics several decades ago and had served as president of Kanjiramkulam panchayat for a few years since 1980.

Later, he was elected MLA for the Kovalam and Parassala constituencies in the state Assembly in 1980 and 1991. Then he served as excise minister in K Karunakaran's government from 1991 to 1995.

Amidst his busy political life, the leader had also found time to write poems, compose dramas and stage them, party sources added.

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Reghuchandrabal is survived by his wife and two children.

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