THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: KPCC treasurer V Prathapa Chandran (73) passed away Tuesday morning at his residence in the capital city. He is the son of former KPCC president and former finance minister Varadarajan Nair.

Prathapa Chandran started his political career as KSU Thiruvananthapuram district president. He was also an office bearer of DCC. He had worked as a journalist for a long time. He had served as Press Club president and a lecturer at Institute of Journalism.

KPCC general secretary T U Radhakrishnan said that following the demise of Prathapa Chandran, all official programmes have been postponed and that a three-day mourning will be observed.