Port Blair, July 31: CPI (M) Andaman & Nicobar State Organising Committee deeply condole the passing away of Shri Vakkom Purushothaman, former Lt Governor of Andaman & Nicobar Islands at a private hospital at Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala today afternoon.   He was 96 years. 

Shri Vakkom Purushothaman was the Lt Governor in Andaman & Nicobar Islands from March, 1993 to February, 1996.  A shrewd politician, Shri Vakkom Purushothaman had initiated a number of new Projects in these islands which made him popular among the islanders.    

CPI (M) Andaman & Nicobar State Organising Committee pays rich homage to his memory and conveys its deepest condolences to the bereaved family members.