Eldhose Kunnappilly 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 ...

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. He is a member of

Indian National Congress The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party but often simply the Congress, is a political party in India with widespread roots. Founded in 1885, it was the first modern nationalist movement to emerge in the British E ...

party. He was elected to the Kerala state legislative assembly in 2016 from the Constituency of

Perumbavoor Perumbavoor (, Malayalam: പെരുമ്പാവൂർ) is a historic place located at Bank of Periyar (Poorna River) in Ernakulam District in the Indian state of Kerala. It is a part of the Kochi metropolitan area It lies in the no ...

. He was also the District Panchayath president of Ernakulam from 2010 to 2015.

Controversies

Kerala Police The Kerala Police is the law enforcement agency for the Indian state of Kerala. Kerala Police has its headquarters in Thiruvananthapuram, the state capital. The motto of the force is "Mridhu Bhave Dhrida Kruthye" which means "Soft in Temperamen ...

registered a case against Eldhose Kunnappilly in October 2022 for allegedly sexually assaulting a young teacher.

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Living people People from Ernakulam district Kerala MLAs 2016–2021 Indian National Congress politicians from Kerala Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) {{Kerala-INC-politician-stub