PETALING JAYA: Indian Progressive Front (IPF) president Tan Sri M.G. Pandithan, formerly the vice-president of MIC, passed away at KL General Hospital at 8.20am on Wednesday.
He’d been admitted following a long illness. His body will be taken back to his home in Serdang at noon today.
Pandithan was also formerly Member of Parliament for Tapah and parliamentary secretary to the Trade and Industry Ministry.
He leaves behind his wife Jayashree and 21-year-old son Jeyan, who’s studying medicine in the Ukraine.
The funeral will take place on Thursday at 3pm at a venue to be determined.
Once considered a protege of MIC president Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu until they had a falling out in 1988, after which Pandithan was sacked from the party.
The two would remain political enemies for nearly 20 years, but made up last year during the Ijok by-election.
From hospital bed last week, Pandithan named his wife Jayashree as his successor in IPF, declaring her as acting president. This led to some dissent within the party.
tunku : our deepest condolence to mr pandithan's family.
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