Vaikom Viswan is a politician from the State of

Kerala Kerala ( ; ) is a state on the Malabar Coast of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, following the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, by combining Malayalam-speaking regions of the erstwhile regions of Cochin, Malabar, South ...

in India. He was the Convener of

Left Democratic Front The Left Democratic Front (LDF) is an alliance of left-wing political parties in the state of Kerala, India. It is the current ruling political alliance of Kerala, since 2016. It is one of the two major political alliances in Kerala, the oth ...

(LDF) in Kerala and member of the Central Committee of

Communist Party of India (Marxist) The Communist Party of India (Marxist) (abbreviated as CPI(M)/CPIM/CPM) is a Marxist–Leninist communist political party in India. It is the largest communist party of India in terms of membership and electoral seats and one of the na ...

(CPIM).

Early life

He was born on 28 October 1939 in Vadayar village, Bhoothapuyam Amsham of Thalayolaparambu Panchayath, Vaikom in

Kottayam district Kottayam (), is one of 14 districts in the Indian state of Kerala. Kottayam district comprises six municipal towns: Kottayam, Changanassery, Pala, Erattupetta, Ettumanoor, and Vaikom. It is the only district in Kerala that neither borders the A ...

, in an ordinary family to Padmanabhan Nair and Karthyayani Amma. He is married to Prof. Geetha and has two children-Nisha and Naveen.

Political career

Vaikom Viswan entered politics as an activist of Student Federation (SF), which is the precursor of Students' Federation of India (SFI). He has joined the Communist Party of India in 1957. He was President and then Secretary of the Kerala Students' Federation (KSF) and also served as the president of Kerala State Youth Federation (KSYF). He was in the forefront in taking up the famous Naxal Rajan agitation throughout Kerala during the emergency. Vaikom Viswan was subjected to brutal attacks from members of the Community Party of India during the split in 1964. He was also severely beaten by police authorities in many occasions during the early years of his political struggle and student protests. In 1978, he was elected to the State Committee of the Communist Party of India (Marxist). He got elected to the Kerala Legislative Assembly in 1980 from

Ettumanoor Ettumanoor, sometimes spelled Ettumanur, is a major town and municipality in the Kottayam district of Kerala, India, located 11 kilometers north-east of Kottayam city, 50 kilometers south of Cochin, and 70 kilometers south of Cochin Internatio ...

Constituency in

Kottayam District Kottayam (), is one of 14 districts in the Indian state of Kerala. Kottayam district comprises six municipal towns: Kottayam, Changanassery, Pala, Erattupetta, Ettumanoor, and Vaikom. It is the only district in Kerala that neither borders the A ...

of Kerala State. He held the position of the District Committee Secretary of CPI (M),

Kottayam Kottayam () is a municipal town in the Indian state of Kerala. Flanked by the Western Ghats on the east and the Vembanad Lake and paddy fields of Kuttanad on the west. It is the district headquarters of Kottayam district, located in south- ...

district for about 20 years. In 2005, he was elected to the State Secretariat of CPI (M) in

. In 2009 he was elected to the Central Committee of the CPI (M).

Positions held

*State President & Secretary of KSF. *Vice President of KSYF. * * *MLA Kerala LA in 1980. *Member of CPI(M) Kerala SC *Member of CPI(M) Kerala SS *Member of the CPI(M) CC. *Convener of LDF

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Viswan, Vaikom Communist Party of India (Marxist) politicians from Kerala Living people 1939 births People from Vaikom Members of the Kerala Legislative Assembly 20th-century Indian politicians Politicians from Kottayam