Former Kozhikode Mayor and senior CPI(M) leader T.P. Dasan passes away

Former Kozhikode Mayor and Senior Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)] Its leader TP Dasan (76) passed away.

He had not been well for a while. Mr. Dasan was admitted to a private hospital in Kozhikode city after his condition deteriorated on Friday night, May 29, 2026, and he breathed his last at around 11.45 pm. He was a member of the Kozhikode Town District Committee of the CPI(M).

Mr. Dasan, a leading organizer of the cooperative sector, had also served as chairman of the State Sports Council twice. He was a long-time member of the party’s district secretariat. Mr. Dasan became the Mayor of Kozhikode in 1992 and remained in the post for another two years. He was also chairman of the company’s standing committee on urban development between 1996 and 2001.

Born in Koyilandy in 1950, Mr. Dasan became a member of CPI(M) in 1967. He started his political work through the Kerala Students Federation, the predecessor of the Students Federation of India (SFI), and the Kerala Socialist Youth Federation, the predecessor of the Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI).

Mr. Dasan later became the first State president of DYFI and later its State secretary. Mr. Dasan worked as a school physical education teacher for a while, but lost his job after taking part in an anti-government strike in 1973. He also contributed to the cooperative sector and served as chairman of Calicut Cooperative Urban Bank.

Mr. Dasan is survived by his wife TV Lalitha Prabha, former chairman, standing committee on affairs, Kozhikode Corporation and two daughters. His last rites will be performed on Sunday, May 31, 2026.