Former Kozhikode Mayor and senior CPI(M) leader T.P. Dasan passes away
Kozhikode Mayor and senior Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)] leader T.P. Dasan (76) has passed away. He had not been keeping well for some
Kozhikode Mayor and senior Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)] leader T.P. Dasan (76) has passed away. He had not been keeping well for some time. Dasan was admitted to a private hospital in Kozhikode city after his condition worsened on Friday (May 29, 2026) night, and he breathed his last at around 11.45 p.m. He was a member of the CPI(M)’s Kozhikode Town Area Committee. Dasan, a prominent organiser in the cooperative sector, had also helmed the State Sports Council twice.
He had been a member of the party’s district secretariat for long. Mr. Dasan became the Mayor of Kozhikode in 1992 and remained in the post for another two years. He was also the chairperson of the corporation’s standing committee on city development between 1996 and 2001. Born in Koyilandy in 1950, Mr. Dasan became a CPI(M) member in 1967. He started his political work through the Kerala Students’ Federation, the predecessor to the Students Federation of India (SFI), and the Kerala Socialist Youth Federation, the predecessor to the Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI).
Dasan later became the first State president of the DYFI and later its State secretary. Though he worked as a school teacher for physical education for some time, Mr. Dasan lost his job after he participated in an anti-government strike in 1973. He also made contributions in the cooperative sector and worked as the chairperson of the Calicut Cooperative Urban Bank. Dasan is survived by his wife, T.V. Lalitha Prabha, former chairperson, standing committee on works, Kozhikode Corporation, and two daughters.
His last rites will be held on Sunday (May 31, 2026).
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