Chennai, Aug. 15 -- Nagaland Governor and veteran RSS and BJP Leader La.Ganesan passed away this evening at a private hospital after a brief illness.

He was 80 and a bachelor.

Mr Ganesan had a fall at his residence and was admitted to the ICU at the Apollo Hospitals here in an unconscious state and later slipped into coma.

However, he breathed his last this evening at 1823 hrs despite best of treatment.

After Hospital sources confirmed his death to UNI when contacted, a bullet in issued by the hospital late night said "it is with deep regret and sorrow that we inform the sad demise of Thiru Shri La Ganesan aged 80 years at 06.23 pm this evening.

It said Mr Ganesan was admitted to the hospital on August 8 with a catastrophic, intracer...