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Veteran Congress leader Sudarsana Natchiappan dies at 79
He was elected to the Lok Sabha from Sivaganga in 1999 and served as a member of the House until 2004.
Veteran Congress leader and former Union Minister E M Sudarsana Natchiappan died at his residence here on Thursday following a brief illness, the party said. He was 79.
Natchiappan was elected Sivaganga union president in 1986 and served in the post until 1991.
He was elected to the Lok Sabha from Sivaganga in 1999 and served as a member of the House until 2004. He also served as Union Minister of State for Commerce and Industry between 2013 and 2014.
Expressing grief over his demise, former Union Minister P Chidambaram said he had known Natchiappan since his days in the Youth Congress.
"Many praised his several facets as a vibrant youth, then a union president who served responsibly, a Member of Parliament who did not lose his party loyalty, and an outspoken Leader of the Opposition. I express my deepest condolences and sympathies to all the party comrades, his son and family, relatives and friends who are grieving his demise," Chidambaram said in a post on X.
