E. P. Jayarajan Nambiar (born 28 May 1950) is an Indian politician from the state of

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. He was the Minister for Industries and Sports in the

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. He was elected to the

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from Mattanur constituency in

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and is a member of the

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Personal life

Jayarajan was born on 28 May 1950 at

Irinave Irinave is a village of Kalliasseri Panchayat in Kannur district in the Indian state of Kerala. This village is located completely on sandy paddy towards south of Kannapuram in Kannur District in Kerala. Geography Irinave is located at . It h ...

village in

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(present-day

), India, as the son of B. M. Krishnan Nambiar and E. P. Parvathi Amma. After pre-degree education, he completed diploma in electrical engineering. He is married to P. K. Indira and has two sons. He resides in

Pappinisseri Pappinisseri is a census town in Kannur district in the Indian state of Kerala. Pappinissery have consistently won the Swaraj Trophy for best Grama Panchayat from 2017-2018 to 2021. Pappinisseri Panchayat also bagged the third position in the Sw ...

, Kannur.

Political career

He was the first All India President of D.Y.F.I. (

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) and was the General Manager of the CPI(M) party mouthpiece ''

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''. He was the President of Kerala Karshaka Sangham and Central Committee Member of Communist Party of India (Marxist). He was a Member of Kerala Legislative Assembly from 1991 to 1996 and 2011 to 2021. On 25 May 2016, he took oath as the Minister for Industries and Sports under the new Kerala Cabinet led by

Pinarayi Vijayan Pinarayi Vijayan (; born 24 May 1945) is an Indian politician who has served as the List of chief ministers of Kerala, Chief Minister of Kerala since 25 May 2016. A member of the Politburo of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), politburo ...

. On 14 October 2016, he resigned over

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following allegations that he appointed his own family members as heads of public sector undertakings in the state. In September 2017, the Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau (VACB) acquitted Jayarajan in the nepotism case and sought to close the case. He served as the convener of the

Left Democratic Front The Left Democratic Front (LDF) is an alliance of Left-wing politics, left-wing political parties led by Communist Party of India (Marxist) in the Indian state of Kerala. It is the current List of current Indian ruling and opposition parties, r ...

in Kerala from 2022 to 2024.

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E.P. Jayarajan MLA
{{DEFAULTSORT:Jayarajan, EP 1950 births Living people Communist Party of India (Marxist) politicians from Kerala Kerala MLAs 2016–2021 Politicians from Kannur district