Babu Divakaran is an Indian politician and a former Minister from the state of

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. He started his political career in the Revolutionary Socialist Party. When the RSP split, he joined the

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along with

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, and A.V. Thamarakshan. When the RSP (B) split in 2005, he formed the

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T. K. Divakaran T. K. Divakaran (8 December 1920 – 19 January 1976 in Pattathanam, Kollam) was a Malayali politician, trade unionist and a former member of Kerala Legislative Assembly. He was also a Minister in the E. M. S. Namboodiripad led Kerala Government ...

, a veteran RSP leader and former minister of Kerala state.

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Malayali politicians People from Kollam district Living people Revolutionary Socialist Party (India) politicians Kerala MLAs 1987–1991 Kerala MLAs 1996–2001 Kerala MLAs 2001–2006 Year of birth missing (living people) {{Kerala-politician-stub