KOZHIKODE: Senior Congress leader and former minister Adv. P Sankaran (73) passed away on Tuesday night. He was undergoing treatment for cancer at a private hospital in Kozhikode.

Sankaran, who was elected to Lok Sabha in 1998 from Kozhikode, had also served as Health and Tourism Minister in the AK Antony government.

He is survived by wife Sudha, a son and two daughters.