N. Peethambara Kurup

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 of Lok Sabha representing Kollam Lok Sabha constituency from 2009 to 2014.

He was born in Navaikulam 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, he 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 of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) by a margin of 17531 votes. He was Chairman of Guruvayur Devaswom Board 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.