C. Kunchappu Nanu was a member of

Kerala Legislative Assembly The Kerala Legislative Assembly, popularly known as the Kerala Niyamasabha, is the State Assembly of Kerala, one of the 30 states in India. The Assembly is formed by 140 elected representatives. Each elected member represents one of the 140 ...

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Vatakara Vatakara, also known as Vadakara () (formerly Badagara, ), is a municipality, taluk and a major town in the Kozhikode district in Indian state of Kerala. The municipality of Vatakara covers an area of and is bordered by Mahé to the north and ...

constituency. He represented

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(S) party.

Political life

He started his political life as a Congress Sevadal volunteer. He was the secretary and president of State Youth Congress. He was the minister for Forest and Transport from February 2000 to May 2001. Now, he is a member of Janata Dal (S) National Committee. He was elected to the Kerala Legislative Assembly in 1996, 2001, 2011 and 2016.

Personal life

He was born on 6 September 1937 as the son of C. K. Kunchappu and Chirutha. He is married to Malathi and has two sons and a daughter. 13 years ago daughter passed away.

References

Kerala MLAs 2016–2021 Kerala MLAs 2006–2011 Kerala MLAs 2001–2006 1937 births Living people People from Kozhikode district {{JDS-politician-stub