Kodikunnil Suresh

Kodikunnil Suresh
MP
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
Assumed office
31 May 2009 (2009-05-31)
Preceded byC. S. Sujatha
ConstituencyMavelikara
In office
1999–2004
Preceded byChengara Surendran
Succeeded byChengara Surendran
ConstituencyAdoor
In office
1989–1998
Preceded byK. K. Kunhambu
Succeeded byChengara Surendran
ConstituencyAdoor
Union Minister of State
Labour and Employment
In office
28 October 2012 – 26 May 2014
PresidentPranab Mukherjee
Prime MinisterManmohan Singh
Minister
Preceded byHarish Rawat
Succeeded byVishnudeo Sai
Personal details
Born (1962-06-04) 4 June 1962 (age 62)
Kodikunnil, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India
Political partyIndian National Congress
SpouseBindu Suresh
Children2
EducationBachelor of Laws
Alma mater
In this Indian name, the toponymic surname is Kodikunnil. It is not a family name, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Suresh.

Kodikunnil Suresh (born 4 June 1962) is an Indian politician and Congress Working Committee Member (Special Invitee). He is the working-president of the Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC). He is the chief Whip of Congress Parliamentary Party in Loksabha. He was a former Union Minister of State for Labour and Employment. He is a member of the Eighteenth Lok Sabha representing Mavelikara in Kerala.[1] He is been elected as the member of Lok Sabha for the eighth time. He has also served as the Secretary of the All India Congress Committee (AICC).

Early life and education[edit]

He was born in Kodikunnil, Thiruvananthapuram district to a poor family, as the youngest son of Kunjan and Thankamma.[2] He did his pre-degree from Mar Ivanios College, Thiruvananthapuram and graduation in LL.B from Government Law College, Thiruvananthapuram.[2]

Political career[edit]

He was elected to the Lok Sabha for the first time in 1989 and thereafter he won consecutively in the 1991,1996 and 1999 General Elections to the Lok Sabha from Adoor constituency for four straight terms.

However he was defeated in the 1998 and 2004 general elections.

Kodikunnil served as the member of the Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee and member of All India Congress Committee.[2] He also serves as Kerala Pradesh congress committee General Secretary, DCC President Kollam.[3]

In the general election to the Lok Sabha in 2009, he contested from Mavelikara Lok Sabha constituency and defeated R. S. Anil of the Communist Party of India with a margin of 48,048 votes.[4]

On 19 September 2018, he was appointed as working-president of the Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC).

He continued to win in 2009 Indian general election, 2014 Indian general election, 2019 Indian general election and 2024 Indian general election from Mavelikara Lok Sabha constituency[5] and is currently the longest serving loksabha MP as he has remained MP for 29 years.

Controversies[edit]

His victory in the 2009 general election was declared void by the Kerala High Court over the allegation that his caste certificate was fake, and that he was a Christian. This verdict was later reversed by the Supreme Court of India.[6][7]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Rediff On The NeT: Polling Booth: Election' 96: Kerala/Adoor". Rediff.com. Retrieved 8 July 2010.
  2. ^ a b c "Suresh Kodikunnil | National Portal of India". www.india.gov.in. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
  3. ^ Kodikunnil to be Kollam DCC working president
  4. ^ "Kodikunnil Suresh wins in Mavelikkara". Archived from the original on 20 May 2009. Retrieved 20 May 2009.
  5. ^ कांग्रेस सांसद के.सुरेश बनाए गए प्रोटेम स्पीकर, 18वीं लोकसभा के लिए नवनिर्वाचित सांसदों को दिलाएंगे शपथ!
  6. ^ "Apex court upholds Kodikunnil Suresh's election". The Hindu. 13 May 2011. Archived from the original on 19 May 2011. Retrieved 28 October 2012.
  7. ^ "Kodikunnil Suresh @ J.Monian vs N.S.Saji Kumar". Supreme Court Records. Indian Kanoon. Retrieved 28 October 2012.
Preceded by Member of Parliament from Mavelikara
2009 – present 		Incumbent
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