Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI) is a youth organisation in India. It was founded in its inaugural conference held from 1–3 November 1980 at Shaheed Kartar Singh Saraba village in Ludhiana, Punjab. DYFI was formed as an independent youth organization with ties to leftist ideologies. Over time, it has become the youth wing of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPIM).
Kodiyeri Balakrishnan was an Indian politician of the Communist Party of India (Marxist). He was the secretary of the CPI(M) Kerala State Committee from 2015 to 2022. He stepped down from the position of state secretary due to his failing health. He was the Chief Editor of the Malayalam newspaper Deshabhimani.
Thalassery State assembly constituency is one of the 140 state legislative assembly constituencies in Kerala. It is also one of the seven state legislative assembly constituencies included in the Vatakara Lok Sabha constituency. As of the 2021 assembly elections, the MLA is A. N. Shamseer of CPI(M).
M. B. Rajesh is an Indian politician who has served as the State Minister for Local Self-Governments and Excise of Kerala, since 2022 and Minister of Parliamentary Affairs, since 2024. He previously served as the Speaker of the Kerala Legislative Assembly from 2021 to 2022 and represents Thrithala State Assembly Constituency since 2021.
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.
A. N. Shamseer is an Indian politician who is the Speaker of the Kerala Legislative Assembly since 2022. He represents Thalassery State Assembly Constituency since 2016. He was the CPI(M) nominee for Lok Sabha in the Vadakara Lok Sabha constituency in the 2014 Indian general election and is Kerala State Committee member of the Communist Party of India (Marxist). He was the former President of Kerala lobby of the Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI).
K. Radhakrishnan is an Indian politician who is the CPI(M) Parliamentary Party Leader in 18th Lok Sabha and Member of the Lok Sabha for Alathur since 2024. A veteran leader of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), Radhakrishnan previously served as a State Minister of Kerala from 2021 to 2024, and from 1996 to 2001.
James Mathew is an Indian politician from Kannur district, Kerala state, and was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Kerala in 13th and 14th Kerala Legislative Assembly. He represents the Taliparamba constituency of Kerala and is a Kerala state committee member of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) political party.
A. Pradeepkumar was a member of 12th, 13th and 14th Kerala Legislative Assembly from Kozhikode (North) constituency. He is a member of the Kerala state committee of Communist Party of India (Marxist).
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.
Mathai Chacko was a politician from Kerala state. He was member of the Kerala Legislative Assembly from 2001 - 2006. He represented the Thiruvambadi constituency of Kerala and was a member of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) political party. He became the first elected MLA to take oath outside the Kerala Legislative Assembly, having taken oath at Lake Shore Hospital in Kochi, where he was undergoing treatment for leukemia, on 29 May 2006.
K. P. Satheesh Chandran is a political party leader of the Communist party of India, Marxist, (CPIM), in Kasargod, Kerala. He was contesting as the candidate for Kasargode constituency in the 2019 Indian general elections. Elected as MLA to Kerala Legislative assembly in 1996 and 2001, he holds B.A. in Economics and History. He entered politics through students federation of India. He was SFI Unit Secretary at Govt. College Madappally, was Joint Secretary (1984), Secretary (1985–91) and President (1991–94) of the DYFI, Kasargod District Committee, DYFI State Vice President and Central Executive Committee Member since 1991; Member CPI (M) Kasargod District Secretariat.
Dharmadam State assembly constituency is one of the 140 state legislative assembly constituencies in Kerala, in southern India. It is also one of the 7 state legislative assembly constituencies included in the Kannur Lok Sabha constituency. As of the 2021 assembly elections, the current MLA is Pinarayi Vijayan of CPI(M).
K. U. Jenish Kumar is an Indian politician belonging to the Communist Party of India (Marxist). He is a member of the Kerala Legislative Assembly representing Konni constituency.
P. A. Mohammed Riyas is an Indian politician currently serving as the Minister for Public Welfare Department and Tourism, Government of Kerala. He is the Kerala state committee member of far left CPI(M), and the former All India President of the DYFI.
V. Sasikumar is the former MLA of Perinthalmanna assembly constituency 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. V. Jayarajan is an Indian politician and a member of the Communist Party of India Kerala State Committee and secretary of the Communist Party of India Kannur District Committee.
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.
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 Students' 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 Students' 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.
