MADURAI: Former Union minister and senior
AIADMK leader
Kadambur R Janarthanan, 89, passed away at a private hospital in Tuticorin on Saturday due to age-related problems. He was minister of state for personnel, public grievances and pensions with additional charge of finance in the A B Vajpayee cabinet from 1998 to 1999. He was elected to the
Lok Sabha four times in 1984, 1989, 1991 and 1998.
The funeral would be held at his home town Kadambur near Kovilpatti on Sunday. Chief minister
Edappadi K Palaniswami and deputy chief minister O Panneerselvam have condoled the death of Janarthanan.