V. Rajendrababu

V. Rajendrababu
Mayor of Kollam(Quilon)
Constituency	Uliyakovil East
Incumbent
Assumed office 18 November 2015
Preceded by	Honey Benjamin
In office 16 March 2010 – 8 November 2010
Preceded by	N. Padmalochanan
Succeeded by	Prasanna Earnest
Personal details
Born	Kollam
Political party	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Spouse(s)	Geethanjali P
Children	Aparna Geethanjali, Aravind R Nandan
Residence	'Nandanam', Mathruka Nagar-149, Uliyakovil, Kollam-19
Education	MA, LLB
Occupation	Advocate
Religion	Hindu

V. Rajendrababu is a lawyer and present mayor of Kollam Municipal Corporation. He is a CPI(M) politician from Kollam city. Rajendrababu became the mayor of Kollam Municipal Corporation first on March 2010.

Rajendrababu is hailing from Uliyakovil in Kollam city. He is the current elected representative from Uliyakovil East ward of Kollam Corporation. Rajendrababu is also a member of Public Works Standing Committee of Kollam Municipal Corporation.

Early life

As like most of the CPI(M) politicians, Rajendrababu also entered into active politics through Students' Federation of India. He was also elected as the chairman of the Kerala University Union.

As the mayor of Kollam city

Rajendrababu became the mayor of Kollam followed by the removal of N. Padmalochanan from the post by the Communist Party of India (Marxist) after he attended a Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh function happened in the city. At that time, Rajendrababu was the elected member from Uliyakovil East ward. The mayor election's result was a shocking one for the Left Democratic Front as they lost four votes and his opponent Mr. Kattil of United Democratic Front, won one of them.