Monday, October 31, 2011: Kerala Food and Civil Supplies Minister T M Jacob tonight died at a private hospital in Kochi, officials said. He was 61 and is survived by wife, a son and a daughter.
The Kerala Congress (Jacob) leader was under treatment for pulmonary hypertension and was hospitalised a few days ago.
Jacob was active in Kerala politics for more than three decades and had handled education and irrigation portfolios in the previous UDF governments headed by K Karunakaran and A K Antony.
