Pandalam Sudhakaran
Pandalam Sudhakaran (born 20 November 1955, in Pandalam, Kerala, India) is an Indian politician belongs to Indian National Congress party. He became elected to the Kerala Legislative Assembly for the first time in 1982 as Congress party candidate from Wandoor Constituency. He got elected again in 1982, ’87 and ’91 from the same constituency, representing the Indian National Congress party. He served as the Minister for Sports and Youth Affairs and Scheduled Caste and scheduled Tribe Development, in the Ministry headed by K. Karunakaran, from 1991 to 1995 and the Minister for Excise & Welfare of Backward and Scheduled Communities, from 1995 to 1996, in the Ministry lead by A. K. Antony. Other than being a politician, he is also a Poet and has published a book named "Snehapoorvam". As a Lyricist, he penned lyrics for more than 20 malayalam movies.
Personal life
He currently lives in Thiruvananthapuram. He is married to Ajitha Sudhakaran and is the father of two children.
Political positions held
- 1978 - 1982 Kerala Students Union Vice President,General Secretary
- 1982 - 1989 Youth Congress Vice President,[1] General Secretary
- 1982 - 1996 Member, Kerala Legislative Assembly (Wandoor)
- 1989 - 1992 Youth Congress State President[2]
- 1987 - 1991 Whip, Congress Legislative Party
- 1991 - 1996 Minister for Scheduled castes and scheduled tribes,[3] Sports[4] and Youth Affairs, CADA in K. Karunakaran Govt
- 1995 - 1996 Minister Excise[5] and Sc/ST, Backward Community in A K Antony Govt
He was a member of the Gandhiji University Syndicate, Calicut University Senate, Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) executive, AICC,Trivandrum Doordarshan Kendra Advisory Board. He was a Jury member of Kerala state film award committee. He was director of Kerala State Film Development Corporation. KPCC General Secretary,[6] Chairman Kerala Tourism Development Corporation(KTDC),[7] Director of JaiHind TV, and Vice Chairman of the Malayalam Cine technicians Association(MACTA),Executive Board Member of Kerala Kalamandalam(Deemed University),Spokesman of KPCC (from 2013 onwards)
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- ↑ "Antony-Karunakaran burry the hutchet [sic]". The Times of India. 16 March 2004. Retrieved 19 February 2011.
- ↑ Biju, M. R. (1997). Politics of democracy and decentralisation in India: a case study of Kerala. Atlantic Publishers & Distributors. p. 25. ISBN 978-81-7156-705-8.
- ↑ "CPI(M) trying to create communal divide: KPCC". The Hindu. 11 October 2010. Retrieved 19 February 2011.
- ↑ "Withdraw suspensions: Karunakaran". The Hindu. 13 March 2005. Retrieved 19 February 2011.