Senior politician and former Chief Minister of Puducherry M D R Ramachandran died on Sunday evening at his residence heꦫre due to age-related ailments, Congress party sources said.
He was 90.
R🎶amachandrꦚan was a two-time chief minister of the union territory when he was with DMK. He first served as chief minister in 1980 and headed the then DMK-Congress coalition ministry which lasted in office for three years.
He again became chief minister ꦰin 1990 and headed a short-lived DMK-Janata Dal coalit💞ion ministry for a year.
Ramachandran quit the DMK and joined the Congress in 2000📖 and became the Speaker of the territorial Assembly in 2001 when the Congress formed the ministry under the leadership of N Rangasamy. He then became the vice-president of the Puducherry Pradesh Congress Committee.
He pro𒉰moted the cooperative movement in the union territory.
Puducherry PCC president and Lok Sabha member V Vaithilingam expresse🐼d deep sorrow an♉d grief over the demise of Ramachandran.
Vaithilingam told PTI that Ramachandran dedicated his life to serving the people and was committed to promoting the welfare of the poor. He ac🌼tively participated in various movements. His death is a loss to the Congress, Vaithilingam said, and conveyed his condolences to the bereaved family.
