Mullappally Ramachandran (born 7 November 1944) is an Indian politician and former president of the

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(KPCC). He is a member of the

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, and the son of Congress leader Mullappally Gopalan. Mullappally Ramachandran has returned five times consecutively to the

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, 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th Lok Sabha from Kannur constituency, a strong fortress of rival party

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. From 2009 to 2019, he was the Member of Parliament for Vatakara constituency. In the 15th Lok Sabha, he was Minister of State for Home Affairs, Govt. of India.

Positions held

* 1969-70: Chairman, Congress Forum for Socialist Action * 1970-71: President, Youth Congress, Calicut district * 1977-82: President, Kerala Pradesh Youth Congress * 1984-89: Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Human Resource Development * 1984-: General-Secretary, Pradesh Congress Committee * 1987-88: Member, Committee on Subordinate Legislation * 1987-89: Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of External Affairs * 1987-90 :Member, Rules Committee * 1988-95: Joint-Secretary, All India Congress Committee (Indira) .I.C.C.(I)* 1990-91: Member, Committee on Estimates * Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Commerce; and Ministry of Tourism * 1991-93: Union Minister of State, Agriculture and Cooperation * 1993-96: Member, Committee on Industry * Member, Central Advisory Committee on Light Houses * Member, Select Committee on Transplantation of Human Organs Bill, 1993 * Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting * 1996-97: Member, Committee on Commerce * Member, Joint Committee on Salaries and Allowances Of Members of Parliament * Member, Sub-Committee on Agricultural Exports * Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Railways * 1998-99: Member, 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 Taken * Member, Committee to review the rate of dividend payable by the Railway Undertakings * Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Civil Aviation * Member, Railway Convention Committee * Member, South Zone Railway Advisory Committee * 2000: General Secretary, KPCC * 2005: Vice President, KPCC * 2009-2014: Minister of State (Home) * 2015: Chairman, Indian National Congress Central Election Authority * 2018-2021: President, KPCC

Controversy

In June 2020, he made some controversial comments against the health minister K.K Shailaja, calling her Covid Rani (Covid Queen). In November 2020, he entered into controversy again as he stated "women with self respect will die if she is raped, or else try not to be sexually assaulted again". Later, he claimed that his remarks on rape survivors are being 'portrayed as anti-women by others.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Ramachandran, Mullappally Malayali politicians India MPs 2009–2014 Politicians from Kozhikode 1944 births Living people Indian National Congress politicians from Kerala India MPs 1984–1989 India MPs 1989–1991 India MPs 1991–1996 India MPs 1996–1997 India MPs 1998–1999 Lok Sabha members from Kerala India MPs 2014–2019 Government Law College, Thiruvananthapuram alumni Presidents of Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee