C. K. Chandrappan

C. K. Chandrappan
File:CK CHANDRAPPAN DSC 0698.JPG C. K. Chandrappan
Secretary of the Communist Party of India Kerala State Committee
In office 14 November 2010 – 23 March 2012
Preceded by	Veliyam Bhargavan
Succeeded by	Pannyan Raveendran
Personal details
Born	(1935-11-10)10 November 1935 Cherthala, Alappuzha, Kerala
Died	Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala
Political party	Communist Party of India (CPI)
Spouse(s)	Bulu Roy Chowdhary
Residence	Thiruvananthapuram

C. K. Chandrappan(Malayalam: സി.കെ. ചന്ദ്രപ്പന്‍) (10 November 1935 – 23 March 2012) was a leftist politician from Kerala, India. He was the Kerala state secretary of the Communist Party of India (CPI) and the president of Kisan Sabha at the time of his death. He was a member of the Lok Sabha of India representing the Cannanore (Lok Sabha constituency) from 1977 to 1980 and Thrissur (Lok Sabha constituency) from 2004 to 2009. Chandrappan served as Member of the Legislative Assembly of Kerala from 1991 to 1996 representing the Chertala Assembly Constituency. He was educated at University College, Thiruvananthapuram and became a Social Worker.

Early life

Born on 10 November 1935 to C. K. Kumara Panicker and Ammukkutty in Muhamma, Alappuzha district of Kerala state. He was the 3rd son of the couple. His father, C. K. Kumara Panicker, was a famous leader of CPI and was known as Vayalar Stalin. Panicker was one of the frontline fighters in the Punnapra-Vayalar uprising. Chandrappan passed MA from University College, Thiruvananthapuram.

Political life

Chandrappan started his political life when he was a student. He was an active member of leftist youth federations in the 1970s. He took part in the Goa liberation movement and was jailed as a political prisoner on various occasions in Delhi, Kolkata and Thiruvananthapuram. He won 3 times in Loka Sabha Elections 1971 (Thalassery), 1977 (Kannur) and 2004 (Thrissur). In 1987 Vayalar Ravi defeated Chandrappan in Cherthala assembly constituency. In 1991 He defeated Vayalar Ravi. After that in 1996 A. K. Antony defeated Chandrappan. He was the national president of All India Youth Federation (AIYF) and All India Students Federation (AISF). Also he was the Chairman of KTDC and Managing Director of Prabhath Book House.

In 2010 November, he took over as Communist Party of India (CPI) State secretary from Veliyam Bhargavan. At that time he was the national president of Kisan Sabha and member of CPI national secretariat. In 2012 February 11 he was elected as state secretary at the state party congress held at Kollam. C. K. Chandrappan, the former CPI MP from Trichur, was adjudged the top performer by the National Social Watch, an NGO. However he could not be re-elected to the 15th Lok Sabha.

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O. N. V. Kurup and C. K. Chandrappan in CPI State meeting at Kollam on 2012

Personal life

Chandrappan was married to Bulu Roy Chodhary on 28 October 1978, a political activist from West Bengal. The couple have no children. His mother Ammukkutty belongs to the Cheerappanchira family mentioned in the tales of Sabarimala Ayyappan. Incidentally Chandrappan is the cousin of Susheela Gopalan who is also from the Cheerappanchira family.

Death

C. K. Chandrappan died in Thiruvananthapuram on 22 March 2012 at the age of 76, due to cancer.

External links

• Members of Fourteenth Lok Sabha - Parliament of India website