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.
Kannoth Karunakaran,was an Indian politician who served as the fifth chief minister of Kerala in 1977,from 1981 to March 1982,from May 1982 to 1987 and from 1991 to 1995. He is the founder of the Indian National Congress (INC)-led United Democratic Front (UDF) coalition,which has been the main opposition in Kerala since 2016.
Irinjalakuda is a municipal town in Thrissur district,Kerala,India. It is the headquarters of Irinjalakuda Revenue Division,Thrissur Rural Police and Mukundapuram Taluk. After Thrissur,this town has most number of administrative,law-enforcement,and judicial offices in the district. The place is well known for Koodalmanikyam Temple and the Thachudaya Kaimals,who had princely status until 1971. The earliest recorded history of this temples date back to the ninth century of Common Era (CE).
Pinarayi Vijayan is an Indian politician who is the current Chief Minister of Kerala,serving since 25 May 2016. A member of the Politburo of the Communist Party of India (Marxist),he is the longest-serving secretary of the Kerala State Committee of the CPI(M) (1998–2015). He also served in the government of Kerala as Minister of Electric Power and Co-operatives from 1996 to 1998. Vijayan won a seat in the May 2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election as the CPI(M) candidate for Dharmadom constituency and was selected as the leader of the Left Democratic Front (LDF) and became the 12th Chief Minister of Kerala. He is the first chief minister from Kerala to be re-elected after completing a full term in office. In 2022,he also became the longest-continuous serving chief minister of Kerala surpassing C. Achutha Menon who had been the first to remain in office for 2364 consecutive days.
A. Vijayaraghavan is an Indian politician belonging to the Communist Party of India (Marxist),and was the Convener of Left Democratic Front in Kerala and former Acting Secretary of CPI(M) Kerala State Committee. He was born at Malappuram. He was a Member of the Parliament of India representing Kerala in the Rajya Sabha,the upper house of the Parliament. He was the chairman of parliamentary committees on Subordinate Legislation and General Assurances,He was also the Chief Whip of CPI(M) in Rajya Sabha. He was elected to Lok Sabha from Palakkad in 1989. He is the Central Secretariat member of CPI(M) and General Secretary of All India Agricultural Workers Union. He served as the ad-hoc Secretary of Communist Party of India (Marxist),Kerala during 2022 elections.
Plathottathil Chacko George is an Indian politician. George is a seven-time and ex MLA of the Poonjar constituency in the Kottayam district of Kerala state (1982-87) and (1996-2022). He was in the Kerala Legislative Assembly for 33 years. After the legislative election 2016,he created his own party named as Kerala Janapaksham (Secular). Formerly,he was the member of political parties like KC,KC(J),KC(M) and KC(S).
Sindhu Joy is an Indian former politician from the state of Kerala. She has served as the Chairperson of the Kerala State Youth Commission,National Vice President of Students Federation India,and President of the SFI Kerala State Committee. In 2011,she resigned from CPI-M and joined the Congress party. In 2013,she appeared on Malayalee House.
P. K. Sreemathy,popularly known as P. K. Sreemathy Teacher,is an Indian politician and a member of the CPI(M). Born at Mayyil Panchayat in Kannur district,Sreemathy was elected to the Kerala Legislative Assembly in 2001 and 2006 from Payyanur Assembly constituency. She was the Health and Family Welfare Minister of Kerala from 2006 to 2011. She was MP of 16th Lok Sabha,representing Kannur Lok Sabha constituency.
Rajaji Mathew Thomas is a journalist and a Communist Party of India politician from Thrissur and was the MLA of Ollur from 2006 to 2011. Rajaji Mathew Thomas was the leader of All India Youth Federation and selected as national general secretary. He became the vice President of World Federation of Democratic Youth (WFDY),based at Budapest from 1985 to 1996.
Ollur State assembly constituency is one of the 140 state legislative assembly constituencies in Kerala. It is also one of the 7 state legislative assembly constituencies included in the Thrissur Lok Sabha constituency. As of the 2021 assembly elections,the current MLA is K. Rajan of CPI.
Irinjalakuda State assembly constituency is one of the 140 state legislative assembly constituencies in Kerala. It is also one of the 7 state legislative assembly constituencies included in the Thrissur Lok Sabha constituency. As of the 2021 assembly elections,the current MLA is R. Bindu of CPI(M).
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. He is the All India President of Pattikajathi Kshema Samithi.
P. Rajeeve is an Indian politician,who currently serves as the Minister for Industries,Law and Coir in the Government of Kerala. He represents Kalamassery constituency in the Kerala Legislative Assembly.
The Revolutionary Marxist Party (RMP) was a political party in Kerala,India. It was founded by T. P. Chandrasekharan. It claims to uphold real communist ideologies and maintain internal democracy. It was found after T.P. Chandrasekharan,an ex-CPI (M) leader,was expelled from his party in 2008.
K. K. Lathika is an Indian politician and former MLA of Kuttiady. She is the daughter of Shri K.K. Kunhichathu and Smt. Sarojini and married P Mohanan who is currently the district secretary of CPI(M) in Kozhikode. She has two sons,Julius Nikithas and Julius Mirshad. The marriage of her son Julius Nikithas to Sayomi received applause for the simplicity in its conduct.
Veena George is an Indian politician and former journalist who currently serves as the Minister for Health and Woman and Child Development in the Government of Kerala. She represents Aranmula Assembly constituency in the Kerala Legislative Assembly since 2016. A member of the Communist Party of India (Marxist),Veena worked with major Malayalam news channels for over 16 years prior to joining politics. She was also the first female executive editor among Regional Malayalam news channels.
K. K. Shailaja is an Indian politician and former Health Minister of Kerala who hails from Kannur district.
Mundakkakkal Madhavan Mani is an Indian politician and Communist Party of India (Marxist) leader. [1] He is elected as the MLA from Udumbanchola constituency. He was the former District Secretary of Communist Party of India (Marxist).
V. K. Rajan was an Indian politician who was the Minister for Agriculture from 20 May 1996 to 29 May 1997 in the Kerala state of India.
Second Pinarayi Vijayan Ministry is the Council of Ministers headed by Pinarayi Vijayan that was formed after winning in the 15th legislative assembly elections by bagging 99 of the 140 seats in the Assembly. The Council assumed office on 20 May 2021. The ministry is having a total of 21 ministers in the Cabinet compared to 20 ministers in the previous government.
