Sobha Surendran

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Sobha Surendran
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Vice President of the Bharatiya Janata Party, Kerala
Personal details
Born1969 (1969) (age 55)
Thrissur, Kerala, India
Political party Bharatiya Janata Party
SpouseK. K. Surendran
Children2
Residence(s) Thrissur, Kerala
Alma mater University of Calicut
Occupation
  • Politician
  • Social worker

Sobha Surendran (born 1969) is an Indian politician from the state of Kerala, allied to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Sobha is the first woman politician from Kerala BJP to hold a position at the national level. [1] She has acted as the state president of BJP Mahila Morcha. She also serves on the board of directors of the Chennai Petroleum Corporation. [2] [3] [4]

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Personal life

Sobha was born in the Wadakkancherry, Thrissur district, Kerala. [5] [6] Sobha is married to K. K. Surendran, a Bharatiya Janata Party politician also from Wadakkanchery. [7]

Political career

Sobha was the state president of the Mahila Morcha. [8] She was a member of the party's core committee and was the state general secretary of the party. [9] She was later moved from state general secretary to vice-president. [10]

Elections

In 2016, there was a close contest and she came second with 40,087 votes. [11] Sobha, as the party's state general secretary, was then contesting both legislative assembly and general elections on a BJP ticket.

Over the years her election results have been improving the party vote share. [12]

In 2019, Sobha contested the Attingal constituency and came third against Adoor Prakash of the Indian National Congress. In 2014 BJP got 92000 votes and in 2019 BJP got 248000 votes in Attingal. [13] [14]

In 2021, for the Assembly election, Sobha Surendran contested the Kazhakkoottam constituency in the Thiruvananthapuram district and lost to Kadakampally Surendran CPI(M) candidate.[ citation needed ]

In 2024 general election, she contested from Alappuzha constituency and lost. [15]

Election candidature history
ElectionYearConstituencyOpponentResultMargin
Lok Sabha 2019 Attingal INC Adoor Prakash Lost132,914
2024 Alappuzha INC K. C. Venugopal Lost104,912
Kerala Legislative Assembly 2016 Palakkad INC Shafi Parambil Lost17,483 [16]
2021 Kazhakootam CPI(M) Kadakampally Surendran Lost23,497 [17]

Controversies

After being appointed state vice-president Sobha Surendran was reluctant to take up the post, which triggered a controversy within the Party. [18] [19] [20] [21]

Her statement about welcoming the Indian Union Muslim League into the NDA, in an interview, had caused confusion in the BJP. The BJP state president K. Surendran (politician) refuted her statement. [22] [23] [24]

In 2018, during the BJP's protest march against the arrest of K. Surendran in Kannur, Sobha made provocative comments against the police and threatened SP Yathish Chandra. [25] She was arrested by the Kerala Police. [26]

Protests and struggles

Sobha Surendran was one of the key figures arrested by police in the Sabarimala protests. [27] [28] [29] She fasted for 48 hours in support of the agitation by PSC job seekers in the PSC rank lists in the Secretariat. [30] [31] Subsequently, Sobha met with the Kerala Governor and received assurances that he would act in favor of the job aspirants. [32] [33] [34]

In November 2020, Sobha alleged that the party president, K. Surendran, had organised a political conspiracy against her, both personally and politically, to end her political career. [35] She wrote a complaint letter to BJP national president JP Nadda and union home minister Amit Shah. [36]

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