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Viswam belonged to the Kanam wing as opposed to the faction led by veteran K E Ismail and assistant secretary Prakash Babu.
He was made acting secretary immediately after the death of Kanam Rajendran.
The programmes scheduled for December 9 were postponed due to CPI leader Kanam Rajendran's death
Thousands of people paid their last respects to CPI state secretary who breathed his last on Friday following a cardiac arrest at a private hospital in Kochi.
In Thiruvananthapuram, his body will be kept for public homage at his son's house in Edapazhanji's Vivekananda Nagar and CPI headquarters in Pattom.
The departure of a committed leader like Kanam is indeed a great loss to the party, said CPI general secreary D Raja.
Nava Kerala Sadas scheduled for Saturday in Tripunithira, Thrikkakkara, Piravam and Kunnathunadu constituencies are cancelled.
Kanam was concerned about the LDF's deviations under Pinarayi for immediate political gains, and openly articulated his worries.
Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said 'Kanam was a friend and comrade who was very close to my heart'.
BJP state president K Surendran remembered Kanam as a benign presence in the Left front.