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Mullappally Ramachandran (born 7 November 1944) is an Indian politician and former president of the Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC). He is a member of the Indian National Congress, and the son of Congress leader Mullappally Gopalan.
Mullappally Ramachandran | |
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President, Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee | |
In office 19 September 2018 – 16 June 2021 | |
Preceded by | M. M. Hassan |
Succeeded by | K. Sudhakaran |
Minister of State for Home Affairs | |
In office 28 May 2009 – 26 May 2014 Served along with R. P. N. Singh (2012-14) | |
Prime Minister | Manmohan Singh |
Minister | P. Chidambaram (2009-12) Sushilkumar Shinde (2012-14) |
Preceded by | Sriprakash Jaiswal |
Succeeded by | Kiren Rijiju |
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | |
In office 2009 –2019 | |
Preceded by | P. Satheedevi |
Succeeded by | K. Muraleedharan |
Constituency | Vatakara |
In office 1984 –1999 | |
Preceded by | K. Kunhambu |
Succeeded by | A. P. Abdullakutty |
Constituency | Kannur |
Personal details | |
Born | Kozhikode, Madras Presidency, British India (present day Kerala, India) | 7 November 1944
Political party | Indian National Congress |
Spouse | Usha Ramachandran |
Alma mater | |
Website | mullappallyramachandran |
Mullappally Ramachandran has returned five times consecutively to the 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th Lok Sabha from Kannur constituency, a strong fortress of rival party CPI(M). From 2009 to 2019, he was the Member of Parliament for Vatakara constituency. In the 15th Lok Sabha, he was Minister of State for Home Affairs, Govt. of India.[1]
In June 2020, he made some controversial comments against the health minister K.K Shailaja, calling her as Covid Rani (Covid Queen).[2] In November 2020, he entered into controversy again as he stated "women with self respect will die if she is raped, or else try not to be sexually assaulted again".[3] Later, he claimed that his remarks on rape survivors are being 'portrayed as anti-women by others.[4]