<span style="color: #222222;">Kerala bid adieu to veteran political leader R. Balakrishna Pillai.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Kerala Congress (B) chairman and former minister R Balakrishna Pillai passed away at a hospital in his hometown Kottarakkara this morning due to age-related ailments. He was 86.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">His last rites took place this evening. </span><br />