Pinarai Vijayan was a communist politician from Kerala, India. He was a Polit Bureau member of Communist Party of India (Marxist), and Kerala State Committee Secretary of CPI(M). This article is about communism as a form of society built around a gift economy, as an ideology that advocates that form of society, and as a popular movement. ... ... The Communist Party of India (Marxist), or CPI(M), is a political party in India. ...
He was the Electricity & Cooperation minister in the Left Democratic Front cabinet 1996-1998, from which he resigned in october 1998, and was substitued by S. Sarma. Left Democratic Front is one of the two major alliances that dominate the political life of the Indian state Kerala. ... 1996 is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... 1998 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... 1998 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ...
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Date of Birth : 21.3.1944
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.His most notable achievment was the thrashing he gave to his own Godfather and mentor in politics,when he played what newspapers in kerala called "the most dirty game ever" to retain his post.
Elected to the Polit Bureau in 2002
Married with two children
Prime accused in the Lavlin corruption case worth 200 crore.
CPIM leader Pinarayi Vijayan, Velayudhan Nambiar and Chirayi Ananthan played an important role in resisting those communalists and protected minorities.
Pole casting unit in Pinarayi Industrial co-operative society manufactures 7m, 8m and 9m pre stressed concrete poles and supplies to Kerala State Electricity Board for using in the construction of distribution lines.
Pinarayi Vijayan (Secretary, CPIM Kerala state committee) is from my Village.
Trivandrum, India, Sept. 13 2002 (INS News) -- Pinarayi Vijayan, secretary Communist Party of India (Maxist) has said that the concluded 10 days blockade of government offices, was only a prelude to the agitations to come against the United Democratic Front rule in the state.
Attending at a 'meet-the-press' in Trivandrum, Pinarayi said that his party received overwhelming support to the agitation even from 'traditional supporters of the ruling UDF'.
While Left Democratic Front ruling headed by CPI, was not opposed to reforms in the Kerala State Electricity Board without affecting its public sector characteristics.Pinarai Vijayan accused the United Democratic Front government of implementing the secret agenda of privatisation in the state.
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