Mullappally Ramachandran

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 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.

Early life He was born on 7 November 1944 in Chombala village in Vadakara taluk of Kozhikode district into a prominent Thiyya family, the son of Mullappally Gopalan, a freedom fighter, and Paru Amma. His educational qualification is M.A.L.L.B. After primary education, he obtained a degree in history from Madappally Government College and a law degree from Government Law College, and a post-graduate degree in history from Kerala University.

Positions held

1969-70: Chairman, Congress Forum for Socialist Action 1970-71: President, Youth Congress, Calicut district 1977-82: President, Kerala Pradesh Youth Congress 1984-89: Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Human Resource Development 1984-: General-Secretary, Pradesh Congress Committee 1987-88: Member, Committee on Subordinate Legislation 1987-89: Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of External Affairs 1987-90 :Member, Rules Committee 1988-95: Joint-Secretary, All India Congress Committee (Indira) [A.I.C.C.(I)] 1990-91: Member, Committee on Estimates Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Commerce; and Ministry of Tourism 1991-93: Union Minister of State, Agriculture and Cooperation 1993-96: Member, Committee on Industry Member, Central Advisory Committee on Light Houses Member, Select Committee on Transplantation of Human Organs Bill, 1993 Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting 1996-97: Member, Committee on Commerce Member, Joint Committee on Salaries and Allowances Of Members of Parliament Member, Sub-Committee on Agricultural Exports Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Railways 1998-99: Member, Committee on Urban and Rural Development and Convenor of its Sub-Committee-I on Ministry of Urban Affairs and Employment; and Sub-Committee on Action Taken Member, Committee to review the rate of dividend payable by the Railway Undertakings Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Civil Aviation Member, Railway Convention Committee Member, South Zone Railway Advisory Committee 2000: General Secretary, KPCC 2005: Vice President, KPCC 2009-2014: Minister of State (Home) 2015: Chairman, Indian National Congress Central Election Authority 2018-2021: President, KPCC

Electoral performance Lok Sabha Year ConstituencyParty Votes % OpponentParty Votes % Result Margin % 1980 Badagara 230,114 45.85 K.P. Unnikrishnan 271,796 54.15 41,682 8.30 1984 Cannanore 288,791 51.66 Pattiam Rajan 263,738 47.18 25,053 4.48 1989 Cannanore 391,042 50.30 P. Sasi 348,638 44.85 42,404 5.45 1991 Cannanore 376,696 50.58 E. Ebranhim Kutty 335,569 45.06 41,127 5.52 1996 Cannanore 371,924 49.07 K. Ramachandran 332,622 43.89 39,302 5.18 1998 Cannanore 380,465 46.44 A.C. Shanmukha Das 378,285 46.17 2,180 0.27 1999 Cannanore 418,143 47.51 A.P. Abdullakkutty 428,390 48.67 10,247 1.16 2004 Cannanore 351,209 40.79 A.P. Abdullakutty 435,058 50.53 83,849 9.74 2009 Vadakara 421,255 48.82 Adv. P. Satheedevi 365,069 42.31 56,186 6.51 2014 Vadakara 416,479 43.37 Adv. A.N. Shamseer 413,173 43.03 3,306 0.34 Controversy In June 2020, he made some controversial comments against the health minister K.K Shailaja, calling her Covid Rani (Covid Queen). 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". Later, he claimed that his remarks on rape survivors are being 'portrayed as anti-women by others.