N. Peethambara Kurup (born 24 May 1942) is an Indian politician who is a member of the
Indian National Congress. He has served as a
member
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of
Lok Sabha representing
Kollam Lok Sabha constituency
Kollam Lok Sabha constituency ( ml, കൊല്ലം (ലോക്സഭാ നിയോജകമണ്ഡലം) (formerly Quilon Lok Sabha constituency) is one of the 20 Lok Sabha constituencies in Kerala state in southern India.
Assembl ...
from 2009 to 2014.
He was born in
Navaikulam
Navaikulam is a panchayat in Varkala Taluk of Thiruvananthapuram district in the state of Kerala, India. It is situated 11km east of Varkala town and 37km north of Trivandrum City along NH66.
The term "navaya" means "the place where Vedic scrip ...
in the erstwhile
Kingdom of Travancore and has completed his
B.A. and
LL.B. from
The Kerala Law Academy Law College, Thiruvananthapuram. He was the Vice President of
Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee. He unsuccessfully contested to Kerala Assembly from Vamanapuram.
He was also District Congress Committee president of Thiruvananthapuram for five years since 2000. He was a Staunch loyalist of K.Karunakaran.Then,went over to National Congress Party and serves as its State General Secretary
and returned to Congress with senior Congress leader K. Karunakaraan.
He was elected to the Lok Sabha for the first time in the
2009 general election defeating
P. Rajendran
P. Rajendran (Malayalam: പി. രാജേന്ദ്രൻ) (born 28 August 1949) is an Indian politician who is a member of the Communist Party of India (Marxist). He was a member of the 13th as well as 14th Lok Sabha of India. He repres ...
of the
Communist Party of India (Marxist) by a margin of 17531 votes. He was Chairman of
Guruvayur Devaswom Board
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from 2015 to 2016.
He was a teacher in the Kadambattukonam High School and in 1964 resigned to become an active politician. He is known for his oratorical skills and is the author of two books in
Malayalam, ''Kiranangal'', a play and ''Sahithya Dhara'', an essay anthology.
Controversies
In 2013, South Indian actress
Shwetha Menon alleged that Kurup had molested her while the two were attending a function.
Shweta later dropped her complaint against Kurup, after he made a "personal apology" to her hours after
FIR
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was lodged against him.
References
External links
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People from Thiruvananthapuram district
India MPs 2009–2014
Living people
Malayalam-language writers
1942 births
Indian National Congress politicians from Kerala
Lok Sabha members from Kerala
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