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VM Sudheeran is an Indian politician and former president of the Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee. He is a respected politician from Kerala and was a member of the 6th, 11th, 12th and 13th Lok Sabha.
Wiki/Biography
VM Sudheeran was born on Wednesday, 26 May 1948 (age 74; as of 2022) in Padiyam, a small village in Thrissur, Kerala. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree. He began his political career as a member of the Kerala Students’ Union (KSU), the student wing of the Indian National Congress in the state.
Physical appearance
Hair color: black
Eye Color: Black
family
Sudheran hails from a Malayali family in Thrissur, Kerala.
parents and siblings
Father’s name was Vilopalli Sankaran Mama and mother’s name was Girija.
wife and children
Sudhiran is married to Lata, a retired bank employee turned green entrepreneur. They have a son, Sarin Sudheeran, and a daughter, Salila.
Caste
Sudaheran belongs to the Ezhava community.
Address
GRA 777, Goureesapattam, Pattam Palace PO, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala
Career
politics
Sudhiran entered politics as a member of the KSU, in 1971 he was appointed as the president of the Kerala Students’ Union; In 1971-1973, he worked as the president of KSU. In 1975, Sudheran was appointed as the president of the Kerala State Youth Congress and served until 1977. He was influential in denying party tickets to many tainted people in the 2016 Kerala Assembly elections; He stood firm and opposed the reopening of more than 700 shuttered Indian-made foreign liquor bars that were shut down during Oommen Chand’s cabinet. Sudhiran resigned from the Political Affairs Committee (PAC) on 25 September 2021 and two days later he announced his resignation from the All India Congress Committee (AICC). Some reports suggest that Sudhiran quit two high-powered decision-making bodies of the Congress party in protest at the lack of consultation in the KPCC. Sudhiran faced strong criticism from the Congress party for his inflexible stance on liquor policy. Sudheeeran was blamed by leaders for sparking the crisis in the lawyer bribery case that led to the destruction of the Congress and the United Democratic Front (UDF) in the 2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly elections.
Sudairan with party workers at Indira Bhavan, Thiruvananthapuram
Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA).
VM Sudheeran won his debut state legislative assembly election in 1980; He contested from Manalur state assembly constituency in Kerala’s Thrissur district. He was a Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) representing the Manalur Assembly Constituency from 1980 to 1996, winning all Legislative Assembly elections during that period. Sudhiran was appointed as the 12th Speaker of the Kerala Legislative Assembly on 8 March 1985; He was the Speaker of the Assembly from March 8, 1985 to March 27, 1987. He was appointed Minister of State for Health on 20 April 1995 in the AK Antony government; However, he resigned on 9 May 1996 as he was nominated by the Indian National Congress to contest the 1996 Indian general election.
Member of Parliament (MP)
Sudhiran contested his first general election in 1977; He was the Indian National Congress candidate representing Alappuzha Lok Sabha constituency. He won his debut victory and became a member of the 6th Lok Sabha. Sudheeran then contested the general elections in 1996 and again emerged victorious. He was able to retain his seat as Member of Parliament for the Allappuja Lok Sabha constituency in the 1998 and 1999 general elections; He defeated well-known Malayalam actor and Indian Communist Pati (Marxist) candidate Murali by a wide margin in the 1999 general elections. He unsuccessfully contested the 2004 Indian general election from the Allappuja Lok Sabha constituency against CPI(M)’s KS Manoj. Sudhiran refused to run in the 2009 general elections because he wanted to pave the way for younger politicians; However, the party wanted his participation in the elections.
Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee
VM Sudheeran was appointed as the President of the Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) by the All India Congress Committee (AICC) on 10 February 2014. Sudheran was appointed by the party high command as a game changer of sorts for the party ahead of the 2014 Lok Sabha elections; It acted as a corrective force in the Congress party and was widely accepted in the civil society. Sudhiran’s confrontational approach to certain issues handled by the then state government led by veteran Congress leader Oommen Chand earned him detractors in the party. The then Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy and the then Kerala Home Minister Ramesh Chennithala disagreed with the AICC’s decision to appoint Sudheran as KPCC president; Sudhiran was strongly opposed to factional politics and top leaders belonging to Congress Group A and Congress Group I feared that his appointment would be an antidote to growing factionalism. According to some reports, Oommen Chandy and Ramesh Chennithala proposed to the then Kerala Assembly Speaker G. Karthikeyan’s name to the party high command to be appointed as the new KPCC president; However, the party leadership decided to appoint Sudheran in the belief that his popularity among the public as a corruption-free politician would help them in the 2014 Indian general elections. Since his appointment, Sudheran has come under fire from both the Congress Group A and the Congress Group I for his style of functioning; Sudhiran was not a member of the Congress Group A or the Congress Group I, and he often criticized the leaders of the groups for trying to weaken the unity of the party. Sudhiran resigned as the president of the Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee on 10 March 2017 due to ill health. In an interview, Sudheeran revealed that he resigned as KPCC president due to personal embarrassment and that the party’s interests were paramount; He added that his difficulties should not affect the work of the party.
VM Sudheeran with Periya’s murder victim’s family
assets and properties
movable assets
- Deposits in banks, financial institutions and non-bank financial companies: Rs. 9590
- Bonds, bonds and shares in companies: Rs. 1000
- NSS, Postal Savings etc.: Rs. 70,000
Note: The given estimates of movable and immovable property are given as of 2004. It excludes assets owned by his spouse and dependents (minors).
Facts/Trivia
- VM Sudheeran was the Chairman of the Estimates Committee of the Kerala Legislature in 1982 and 1984.
- In 1984 – 1985, he was a member of the Committee on Private Members’ Bills and Resolutions.
- VM Sudheeran often rejected the neoliberal economic policies of the Congress and demanded Nehru’s return to socialism.
Categories: Politics
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