T.J. Chandrachoodan

T.J. Chandrachoodan (20 April 1940 – 31 October 2022) was an Indian politician. He was the general secretary of the Revolutionary Socialist Party (RSP) in 2008 to 2018.

Early life and education T.J. Chandrachoodan is the son of T.J. Janarthanan. As a student, Chandrachoodan obtained a M.A. degree from Kerala University in 1962 as the first rank. He gave up his teaching profession in 1987

In 1990 he was included in the central secretariat of RSP. In 1999 he became secretary of the Kerala State Committee of the party.

Chandrachoodan lost a re-election for the post as RSP Kerala State Committee secretary in January 2008, defeated by V.P. Ramakrishna Pillai by 22 against 18 votes in the Kerala State Committee.

General Secretary Chandrachoodan was elected general secretary of the RSP on 24 March 2008, at a national party conference held in Delhi. He was considered a potential contender for a seat in the Rajya Sabha in 2009. According to press sources the Communist Party of India (Marxist), or CPI(M), was interested in getting Chandrachoodan elected to the national parliament, because of his skills as an orator. In the subsequent election to the Rajya Sabha, the RSP requested that Chandrachoodan be nominated as Kerala's Left Democratic Front candidate, but the CPI(M) was no longer interested in supporting his candidature.

In 2012 Chandrachoodan was re-elected as RSP general secretary at the 19th party conference in Alipurduar. In the run-up to the 2014 Lok Sabha election, Chandrachoodan was noted for distancing himself from the CPI(M).

Chandrachoodan died in Thiruvananthapuram on 31 October 2022, at the age of 82.