Former Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy died in the early hours of Tuesday, at the age of 79. According to reports, he was the senior Congress politician who died at 4:25 a.m. in a private hospital in Bengaluru. As per the sources, Oommen Chandy was receiving cancer treatment in a hospital. As a mark of respect for the former chief minister, the Kerala government has declared Tuesday a public holiday, coupled with two days of mourning.