K. C. Venugopal

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K. C. Venugopal
K.C. Venugopal addressing at the Concurrent session - Young Achievers, at the 12th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas 'Engaging Diaspora Connecting Across Generation', in New Delhi on January 07, 2014 (cropped).jpg
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
Assumed office
19 June 2020 (2020-06-19)
Residence(s) Kannur, Alappuzha, Kerala
Alma mater University of Calicut
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K. C. Venugopal (born 4 February 1963) is an Indian politician who is a MP elected from Rajasthan [1] and former member of parliament in Lower House and is a member of the INC. He has been appointed a General Secretary of AICC and in charge of Karnataka on 29 April 2017. Later, he was given additional charge of the general secretary of the organization. He was the Minister of State for Civil Aviation & Ministry of Power [2] in the UPA Government.

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Personal life

K. C. Venugopal was born on 4 February 1963 to Kunjukrishnan Nambi and Janaki Amma in Payyanur, Kannur District of Kerala. [3]

Political life

K. C. Venugopal taking charge as the Minister of Power in Manmohan Singh ministry. Shri K.C. Venugopal assumes the charge of the Minister of State for Power, in New Delhi on January 20, 2011.jpg
K. C. Venugopal taking charge as the Minister of Power in Manmohan Singh ministry.

He came to active politics through the Student Movement of the INC. He became the State President of the KSU and State President of the IYC, He was elected to the Kerala Legislative Assembly from Alappuzha Constituency in 1996, 2001 and 2006. [4] [5] [6] He served as the Minister for Dewaswom and Tourism in the Oommen Chandy Ministry from 2004-06. He contested the General Elections to Loksabha from Alappuzha Constituency in 2009 and won with a good margin.[ citation needed ]

For Mr. Venugopal, Kannur has not been his political gravitational field ever since he politically relocated himself to Alappuzha following his election victory from the Alappuzha Assembly constituency in 1996. His success in the two Assembly elections in 2001 and 2006 and his election to the Lok Sabha in the 2009 Parliament election have only completed the process of his political expatriation.[ citation needed ]

However, he always kept in touch with his home district. The 56-year-old Congress leader, who served as Minister for Tourism and Devaswom in the United Democratic Front (UDF) government during 2004-06, began his political career when he was a student of the Payyanur College.[ citation needed ]

Since then he has been on the right trajectory of his political career in his party. From being a president of the Payyanur College unit of the Kerala Students Union (KSU) to his induction in the Union Cabinet, it was a long journey for a leader of his age. In between, he served as State President of the KSU (1987–92) and the Youth Congress (1992–2000), among others.[ citation needed ]

A post-graduate in mathematics, Venugopal owes his rapid political evolution to the late leader K. Karunakaran. His loyalty to the leader when the latter was at the helm of Congress affairs in the State helped him step on the political ladder without much ado. Venugopal was also a volleyball player during his college days. He played for the Payyanur College and the Calicut University.[ citation needed ]

Mr. Venugopal's supporters say that though he has moved to Alappuzha, he took a personal interest in various tourism projects in his home district when he was Tourism Minister. The Town Square, the renovated Gandhi Park at Payyanur, approval of the proposals for the development of beaches in the district, and the eco-tourism project for Paithalmala are some among them.[ citation needed ]

On 29 April 2017, he was chosen as general secretary of AICC. He also was made in charge of Congress War Rooms in many elections. He was elected from Rajasthan as a Member of parliament Rajya Sabha on 19 June 2020. [7]

Member of coordination committee of Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance

He has been appointed as a member of the Coordination Committee of the INDIA at its Mumbai convention on 1 September 2023. [8] [9] The coordination committee will decide the national agenda, common campaign issues and common program of the country's main opposition alliance (I.N.D.I.A.).

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  1. ↑ "Rajya Sabha elections: Congress wins two seats, BJP wins one in Rajasthan". The Tribune . 19 June 2020. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
  2. ↑ "Press Information Bureau".
  3. ↑ http://niyamasabha.org/codes/members/venugopalkc.pdf [ bare URL PDF ]
  4. ↑ http://www.niyamasabha.org/codes/mem_1_10.htm Members of 10th KLA 1996-01
  5. ↑ http://www.niyamasabha.org/codes/mem_1_11.htm Members of 11th KLA 2001-06
  6. ↑ http://www.niyamasabha.org/codes/mem_1_12.htm Members of 12th KLA 2006-11
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