Party Name : Indian National Congress
Constituency : Vadakara
State : Kerala
Member Experience : Elected to Loksabha 7 time
Last Loksabha Attended : 16
Father's Name : Shri Mullappally Gopalan
Mother's Name : Smt. Paru Amma
Date of birth : 07 Nov 1944
Profession : Advocate Political and Social Worker
Positions held :
1967-1968 President, Kerala Students Union (KSU), Calicut District1969-70 Chairman, Congress Forum for Socialist Action1970-71 President, Youth Congress, Calicut District1972-73 Chairman, Calicut University Union1977-82 President, Kerala Pradesh Youth Congress1984-89 General Secretary, Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee1984 Elected to 8th Lok Sabha1984-89 Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Human Resource Development1985-95 Joint Secretary, All India Congress Committee1987-88 Member, Committee on Subordinate Legislation1987-89 Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of External Affairs1987-90 Member, Rules Committee1989 Re-elected to 9th Lok Sabha (2nd term)1990-91 Member, Committee on EstimatesMember, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Commerce; and Ministry of Tourism1991 Re-elected to 10th Lok Sabha (3rd term)1991-93 Union Minister of State, Agriculture and Cooperation1993-96 Member, Standing Committee on IndustryMember, Central Advisory Committee on Light HousesMember, Select Committee on Transplantation of Human Organs Bill, 1993Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting1996 Re-elected to 11th Lok Sabha (4th term)1996-97 Member, Standing Committee on CommerceMember, Joint Committee on Salaries and Allowances of Members of ParliamentMember, Sub-Committee on Agricultural ExportsMember, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Railways1998 Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (5th term)Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Civil Aviation1998-99 Member, Standing 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 TakenMember, Committee to Review the rate of Dividend payable by the Railway Undertakings to General RevenueMember, Railway Convention CommitteeMember, South Zone Railway Advisory Committee2000-05 General Secretary, Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee2005-2010 Vice-President, Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee2009 Re-elected to 15th Lok Sabha (6th term)28 May 2009 - May 2014 Union Minister of State, Home AffairsMay 2014 Re-elected to 16th Lok Sabha (7th term)Sep. 2014 onwards Chairman, Central Election Authority, All India Congress Committee1 Sep. 2014 onwards Member, Standing Committee on Human Resource DevelopmentMember, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Railways12 Sep. 2014 onwards Member, Committee on Welfare of Other Backward Classes
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Literary, Artistic & Scientific Accomplishments
Chief Sub-Editor, Viplavam - a Daily in Malyalam, Calicut
Social And Cultural Activities
President, Youngsters Cultural Association, Chombala; Organized 3 days Seminar "Vision Vatakara - 2025" on development of Vatakara Parliament Constituency in 2009; Organized 47 days - "Kadathanadu Mahotsavam" - a cultural Bonanza in 2010 and National Seminar on Higher Education "Challenges and Opportunities" in 2012
Special Interests
Protection and preservation of environment and ecology, Upliftment of weaker sections of society
Favourite Pastime and Recreation
Reading and Travelling
Countries Visited
Cuba, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Mozambique, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Switzerland and U.S.S.R.
Other Information
Vice-President, Kerala Students`Union, Kerala, 1968-69; Member, Kerala Education Advisory Board, 1973-75; Kendriya Sainik Board, 1985-87; Spices Council, 1985-88; Postal Advisory Committee, Kerala, 1986-89; Coir Board, 1995-96; Marine Products Export Development Authority (MPEDA), 1996; and Telephone Advisory Committee, Kerala Led 58 days long Padayatra from Kasargode to Trivandrum covering all the districts of Kerala against the misrule of Janata Party in the year 1978 as the President of the Kerala Pradesh Yough Congress Committee; Leader of the Padayatra launched in commemoration of the 75th anniversary of "Dandi March" from Calicut to Payyannur under the auspices of the Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee in the year 2005
