The Communist Party of India (CPI) is the oldest communist party in India. The CPI was founded in modern-day Kanpur on 26 December 1925. Currently,it has two members in Lok Sabha and two members in Rajya Sabha. In addition,it has 22 MLAs across four states and one MLC in Bihar. It has the current ECI status of a state party in Tamil Nadu,Kerala and Manipur.
Nedumangad is a municipal town in the Thiruvananthapuram district in the Indian state of Kerala. It is the headquarters of Nedumangad Tehsil and Nedumangad Revenue Division. It is a suburb of the extended metropolitan region of Thiruvananthapuram. It is located around 16 km (9.9 mi) to the north-east of Thiruvananthapuram on the State Highway 2. It is an important commercial center in the district. It is a growing commercial and educational hub and all important government institutions are situated in the town. The Nedumangadu market has significance in southern Kerala.
Padayatt Kesavapillai Vasudevan Nair,popularly known as PKV,was an Indian politician and lawyer who served as the 7th Chief Minister of Kerala from 1978 to 1979. He was a Member of the Lok Sabha from 1957 to 1971 and again from 2004 until his death in 2005. He became Chief Minister on 20 October 1978,following A. K. Antony's resignation as Chief Minister. However he resigned on 7 October 1979 owing to differences with other parties in the United Front. He served in the Kerala Legislative Assembly from 1977 to 1982. Nair was a senior member of the Communist Party of India
The All India Students' Federation (AISF) is the oldest student organisation in India,founded in 1936.
Binoy Viswam is a Member of Parliament from Kerala representing the Communist Party of India (CPI) and its Parliamentary Party leader. A member of the CPI National Secretariat,he is currently the State Secretary of CPI Kerala State Committee,the Editor of New Age Weekly - the central organ of CPI and the Working President of the All India Trade Union Congress. He served as the Minister for Forests &Housing in the Government of Kerala during 2006–2011. He was earlier elected to the Kerala Legislative Assembly from Nadapuram constituency and served as Member,Estimates Committee;Chairman,Assurance Committee;and was one of the five members of the Constituency Delimitation Committee. He is a senior Communist Party of India (CPI) leader and the president of the Kerala Tourism Development Corporation Employees' Federation.
Vembayam is a village in Thiruvananthapuram district in the state of Kerala,India.
C. Divakaran is an Indian politician,from Thiruvananthapuram,Kerala. He is a State Executive Member of Communist Party of India (CPI),and National Working Committee Member of All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC). A former Minister of Food and Civil Supplies in the Government of Kerala. He represented the Karunagappalli constituency in Kollam district from 2006 to 2016 and presently representing Nedumangad constituency in Thiruvananthapuram,in the Kerala Legislative Assembly. He is a vivid writer and published 3 books.
M. Vijayakumar,is an Indian politician who belongs to the CPI(M). He served as an MLA,minister,and Speaker in the Kerala Legislative Assembly. He has been on the State and Central Committee of CPI(M). As an MLA,he represented the erstwhile Thiruvananthapuram North constituency in the Assembly.
Anathalavattom Anandan was an Indian politician,a trade unionist and a member of Communist Party of India (Marxist). He was the President of the Kerala State Committee and national Vice President of the Centre of Indian Trade Unions and the State Secretariat Member of the CPI(M) Kerala State Committee. Anandan was also the President of Kerala Coir Workers Centre. He was elected thrice to the Kerala Legislative Assembly from Attingal constituency in 1987,1996 and 2006. The Government of Kerala had appointed him as the Vice Chairman of Apex Body for Coir in August 2016.
Kummanam Rajasekharan is an Indian politician and former governor of Mizoram (2018–2019). He began his political career as an activist of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and Sangh Parivar in Kerala in 1970. From 2015 to 2018,he was the state president of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Kerala. He is the first BJP leader from Kerala to become governor. He currently serves as the administrative committee member of the Sree Padmanabha Swamy Temple in Thiruvananthapuram,Kerala. He actively contested for BJP in various Loksabha and assembly elections in Kerala.
Chittayam Gopakumar is an Indian politician who belongs to the Communist Party of India. He got elected to the Kerala Legislative Assembly for the first time in 2011 as a candidate from Adoor constituency in Pathanamthitta District. He won again from the same constituency with a huge margin in 2016. He is current Deputy Speaker of Kerala Legislative Assembly.
Kadakampally Surendran,born 12 October 1954,is an Indian politician,who served as the Minister for Co-Operation,Tourism,and Devaswom in the first Pinarayi Vijayan ministry (2016–2021) of the Government of Kerala. He was the Thiruvananthapuram District Committee Secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) for nearly a decade (2007–2016).
Eldo Abraham is an Indian politician. He was the MLA from Muvattupuzha in Ernakulam district,Assembly constituency Kerala in 14th legislative assembly. He defeated Congress leader Joseph Vazhakkan in the 2016 elections to the Kerala Assembly by 9375 votes. Eldo represents the Communist Party of India (CPI).
C. K. Asha is an Indian politician and a member of the Communist Party of India. She is a member of the Kerala Legislative Assembly,representing the Vaikom constituency. She is the former Vice President of All India Students Federation District Committee Kottayam. She was also two-time Vice-chairperson of St. Xavier's College,Kothavara.
Adv. V. Joy is a member of 15th Kerala Legislative Assembly. He represents Varkala constituency. He defeated BRM Shefeer by 17821 votes in his second term. He is the current secretary of CPI (M) Thiruvananthapuram district committee and State Committee Member of Communist Party of India (Marxist),Kerala.
Krishnankutti Rajan is an Indian politician who has served as the Minister for Revenue and Housing of Kerala since 2021. He previously served as the Chief Whip of the Kerala Legislative Assembly from 2019 to 2021. He is a Member of the Kerala Legislative Assembly since 2016 representing Ollur.
Nedumangad State assembly constituency is one of the 140 state legislative assembly constituencies at the state Kerala in southern India. It is also one of the 7 state legislative assembly constituencies included in the Attingal Lok Sabha constituency. As of the 2021 assembly elections,the current MLA is G. R. Anil current minister for food and civil supplies,Government of Kerala of CPI.
Dr. R. Latha Devi is an Indian politician from Kerala. She represented Chadayamangalam constituency in 10th Kerala Legislative Assembly.
P. Prasad is an Indian politician,social worker and environmentalist from Kerala. He is currently serving as a Minister for Agriculture,Government of Kerala;represents Cherthala constituency in 15th Kerala Legislative Assembly. He is executive committee member of Communist Party of India.
Adv. A. A. Rahim is a member of Rajyasabha from Kerala since 2022. He is currently officiating as the all India president of Democratic Youth Federation of India. Rahim is also a member of the Kerala State Committee of Communist Party of India (Marxist).
