M P Veerendra Kumar, the Managing Director of leading Malayalam daily Mathrubhumi and a member of PTI's Board of Directors, passed away on Thursday at a private hospital following cardiac arrest, family sources told PTI.
Veerendra Kumar, a Rajya Sabha MP from Kerala and a former union minister, was 84.
"He was admitted to the hospital in Kozhikode due to some health complications. But unfortunately, he passed away a little before 11 PM," the sources told PTI.
Kumar was born to Marudevi Avva and Padmaprabha Gowder, a leader of Socialist Party on July 22, 1936, in Wayanad's Kalpetta and was