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| '''Pinarai Vijayan''', a ] politician from ], ]. He is a Polit Bureau member of ], and ] State Committee Secretary of CPI(M). | |||
| Pinarayi Vijayan is an influential left politician and a former minister of ], South ]. He was born 21st March 1944 in Pinarayi in Kannur district. Currently he is the Secretary of the Kerala State Committee of ] (CPIM). Pinarayi Vijayan entered politics through student union activities and eventually joined the Communist Party in 1964. He was the President and Secretary of the Kerala Student's Federation (KSF) and also served as the President of Kerala State Youth Federation (KSYF). During that period, when communists in Kerala were organising the poltical activities from different hide-outs, Pinarayi Vijayan was imprisoned for one and half years. Late he was elected the President of the Kerala State co-operative Bank. 1970 witnessed his entry in to the ]. He was re-elected in 1977, 1991 and 1996. He was the Minister for Electricity in the ] ministry from 1996 to 1998. In 1998 after the demise of Chadayan Govindan, then CPI(M) State Scretary of Kerala, Pinarayi Vijayan was elected as the successor and he resigned from the ministry and took the office of State Secretary of Kerala CPI(M). He was elected to the Polit Bureau of CPI(M) in 2002. He has been involved in an ideological and power struggle with ] , the current chief minister of the state. | |||
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| He was the Electricity & Cooperation minister in the ] cabinet ]-], from which he resigned in October ] in order to take over as the Kerala state secretary of CPI(M) which was necessitated by the death of the then CPI(M) state secretary, ].Mr.Vijayan was substitued by S. Sarma in the ministry. | |||
| Now Mr.Pinanrayi is under the shadow of controversy over the ].This scandal is one of the Major scandal in the history of Kerala which cause the government to loss 3Billion Indian Rupees. As the Minister for Electricity, he entered an agreement with Canadian company ] and caused loss. | |||
| === Timeline of significant happenings === | |||
| *Date of Birth : ], ] | |||
| *Graduate | |||
| *Entered ] through student movement | |||
| *Joined Communist Party in ] | |||
| *] for one and half years | |||
| *Was State President and Secretary of Kerala Student's Federation and President of Kerala *State Youth Federation. | |||
| *Served as President of Kerala State Co-operative Bank | |||
| *Elected to Kerala Legislative Assembly in ], ], ] and ]. | |||
| *Served as Cabinet Minister in Kerala Government between 1996 and ] | |||
| *Secretary of the Kerala State Committee of the CPI(M) since ] | |||
| *Elected to the Polit Bureau in ] | |||
| ⚫ | *Married with two children | ||
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Pinarai Vijayan, a communist politician from Kerala, India. He is a Polit Bureau member of Communist Party of India (Marxist), and Kerala State Committee Secretary of CPI(M).
He was the Electricity & Cooperation minister in the Left Democratic Front cabinet 1996-1998, from which he resigned in October 1998 in order to take over as the Kerala state secretary of CPI(M) which was necessitated by the death of the then CPI(M) state secretary, Chadayan Govindan.Mr.Vijayan was substitued by S. Sarma in the ministry.
Now Mr.Pinanrayi is under the shadow of controversy over the SNC Lavalin scandal.This scandal is one of the Major scandal in the history of Kerala which cause the government to loss 3Billion Indian Rupees. As the Minister for Electricity, he entered an agreement with Canadian company SNC Lavalin and caused loss.
Timeline of significant happenings
- Date of Birth : March 21, 1944
- Graduate
- Entered politics through student movement
- Joined Communist Party in 1964
- Imprisoned for one and half years
- Was State President and Secretary of Kerala Student's Federation and President of Kerala *State Youth Federation.
- Served as President of Kerala State Co-operative Bank
- Elected to Kerala Legislative Assembly in 1970, 1977, 1991 and 1996.
- Served as Cabinet Minister in Kerala Government between 1996 and 1998
- Secretary of the Kerala State Committee of the CPI(M) since 1998
- Elected to the Polit Bureau in 2002
- Married with two children
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