Thousands turn up to bid final adieu to KM Mani

Kochi: Thousands gathered here on Wednesday to bid their final goodbyes to veteran politician and Kerala Congress-Mani Chairman, K.M. Mani, who passed away in Kochi on Tuesday evening. His body was kept for the public to pay homage at the hospital where he breathed his last.

His mortal remains were on Wednesday morning placed in a state-owned bus for the final journey to his party headquarters in Kottayam from where the bus will go to his home town Pala, where the funeral would be held on Thursday evening. Traffic stopped at all major roads as thousands came out to bid Mani goodbye. Mani was suffering from a lung ailment and was in the hospital for the past one week. He had been unwell since January. (IANS)

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