Palghar, Maharashtra, May 28: Veteran tribal leader and former CPI(M) MP comrade Lahanu Shidwa Kom died here on Wednesday following a brief illness, the party said. Kom, 86, who represented the then constituency of Dahanu in the district in the Lok Sabha, was undergoing treatment at a private hospital for the past ten days, it said.

Kom had also been a member of the Maharashtra assembly and former state vice-president of the Akhil Bharatiya Kisan Sabha. Kameshwar Chaupal Dies: PM Narendra Modi, Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath and Others Condole Demise of Ram Janmabhoomi Movement Icon and Senior BJP Leader.

A lifelong champion of tribal rights, he served as president of the Adivasi Pragati Mandal, an organization working to educate tribal children. He is survived by his wife Hemlata, son Subodh, and daughter Sunanda.