Neyyattinkara, a major industrial and commercial area, is a Municipal Town located to the south of capital city Trivandrum of Kerala State, and is the headquarters of Neyyattinkara Taluk. The town is situated on the banks of Neyyar River, one of the principal rivers in the district and hence its name. Neyyatinkara in Malayalam literally means the shore of the river Neyyar. Neyyattinkara is the second most densely populated municipality in the district after Varkala. The Public sector undertaking Kerala Automobiles Limited that manufactures electric autorickshaws is situated at Aralummoodu in Neyyattinkara. Located around 18 km (11 mi) south of Trivandrum, on the National Highway 66 to Kanyakumari, the town spreads over an area of 29.5 km2 on the banks of the Neyyar River. The name 'Neyyattinkara' in Malayalam regional language means shore (kara) of Neyyar River. This river flows from Agasthyarkoodam, the highest peak in southern end of the Western Ghats.
Aruvanpalli Puthiyapurakkal Abdullakkutty (born 8 May 1967) is an Indian politician. He was elected as the National Vice President of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on 26 September 2020. He has also served as the BJP Vice President of Kerala state. He is also a former member of Lok Sabha from Kannur and ex-MLA from Kannur constituency of Kerala state.
Olanchery Rajagopal is an Indian politician, former Union Minister of State, and the former MLA from Nemom and the first Bharatiya Janata Party member in the Legislative Assembly of Kerala. One of the major leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party from Kerala, he has held various ministerial portfolios including Defence, Parliamentary Affairs, Urban Development, Law, Justice, Company Affairs, and Railways. Rajagopal was a two-time MP in Rajya Sabha, the upper house of Indian Parliament from 1992 till 2004. O.Rajagopal was also a member of Government of Kerala's Legislative Assembly Committee on Petitions & Committee of Public Work, Transport and Communications.
M. B. Rajesh is an Indian politician who is currently serving as Speaker of Kerala Legislative Assembly and Member Of Legislative Assembly representing Thrithala constituency.He is a former Member of Parliament of the 16th Lok Sabha of India.
T. V. Rajesh is an Indian politician from the state of Kerala, and a former member of the Legislative Assembly of Kerala. He represented the Kalliasseri constituency of Kerala and is a member of the Communist Party of India (Marxist). Rajesh was the president of the DYFI Kerala state committee, and also a state committee member of the CPI(M).
A. N. Shamseer is an Indian politician from Thalassery, Kannur district, Kerala state. He is elected as a member of the Kerala Legislative Assembly from Thalassery constituency to 14th and 15th Kerala Legislative Assembly. He is Kerala State Committee member of the Communist Party of India (Marxist). He was the former President of Kerala chapter of the Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI).
R. Selvaraj was a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) representing Neyyattinkara constituency, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India. He was a member of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), the present ruling party in Kerala but resigned from the Kerala Legislature and the party on 9 March 2012 and joined Indian National Congress party. His resignation was attributed to rampant factionalism in his party. After joining the Indian National Congress, he contested the by-election from Neyyattinkara on "Hand" symbol and romped home with a margin of 6,334 votes, pushing up the ruling UDF's slender majority in the 140-member Kerala Assembly to 73. He again contested from the same constituency in 2016 and 2021. but he got defeated in both elections ,ie for 9543 votes in 2016 and it increased to 14262 votes in 2021. He was defeated by K. Ansalan of cpim in both elections.
K. Radhakrishnan is an Indian politician, who is currently serving as Minister for Welfare of Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Backward Classes, Devaswoms, Parliamentary Affairs of Government of Kerala in second Pinarayi Vijayan ministry and central committee member of the CPI(M). He was a former Speaker of the Kerala Legislative Assembly from 2006 to 2011. He is a politician from Thrissur and also served as the Minister of SC / ST Affairs and Youth Affairs in the third E. K. Nayanar ministry from 1996 to 2001. He was elected from Chelakkara constituency. He served as the MLA of Chelakkara from 1996 to 2016.
Thampanoor Ravi is an Indian politician belonging to the Indian National Congress party and former Kerala MLA representing the Neyyattinkara constituency of Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India. He represented the Neyyattinkara constituency in the Kerala Legislative Assembly for three terms.
A.M. Ariff is an Indian politician and Member of Parliament representing Alappuzha constituency from 2019. A member of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), he represented Aroor constituency in Kerala Legislative Assembly from 2006 to 2019. Ariff made his first win from Aroor in 2006 defeating veteran political leader K. R. Gowri Amma. A.M.Ariff has been elected 3 times from Aroor to Kerala Legislative in the years 2006, 2011 and 2016. Ariff was elected to Loksabha in 2019 from Alappuzha.
M Swaraj is an Indian politician of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) and was a representative of Thripunithura constituency in the Kerala Legislative Assembly. He was the former Kerala State Secretary of Students' Federation of India and Democratic Youth Federation of India. He is also a member of the CPI(M) Kerala State Committee.
Neyyattinkara taluk is part of Trivandrum except kattakada assembly constituency which is part of Attingal.
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P. A. Mohammed Riyas is an Indian politician currently serving as the Minister for Public Works Department and Tourism, Government of Kerala. He is a member of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), and the All India President of the Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI).
Neyyattinkara 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 Thiruvananthapuram Lok Sabha constituency. As of the 2021 assembly elections, the current MLA is K. Ansalan of CPI(M).
V. Sasikumar is the former MLA of Perinthalmanna and the National Secretary of Construction Workers Federation of India. He is currently the chairman of Kerala Building & Other Construction Workers Welfare Board, Govt of Kerala.
M. Vijin is an Indian politician from Kerala state. He has been serving as the MLA of Kalliaseri Constituency since May 2021. He is the state vice president of the Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI), Kerala unit. He was the former All India Joint Secretary of Students' Federation of India.
K.M Sachin Dev is the member of Kerala Legislative Assembly from Balussery constituency, since May 2021.He is the youngest MLA in 15th Kerala Legislative Assembly.
Xavier Chittilappilly is an Indian politician and social worker from Kerala, India. Xavier Chittilappilly is an Indian politician serving as the MLA of Wadakkanchery Constituency since May 2021. He is a member of the Communist Party of India (Marxist). He started his political career with Student's Federation of India (SFI) at time of his high school life. Since 2014 he has been the member of CPI(M) Thrissur District Secretariat.
K. K. Ramachandran is an Indian politician and social worker from Kerala, who currently serves as the MLA of Puthukkad constituency since May 2021. He is a member of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) He started his political career with Student's Federation of India (SFI) at time of his high school life. He was former SFI Thrissur district Vice-President And DYFI Thrissur District Treasurer, State Committee Member. Currently he is Thrissur District President of CITU and Central Working Committee Member. Since 2012 he has been the member of CPI(M) Thrissur District Secretariat.
