Najeeb Kanthapuram is an Indian writer, academic, newspaper editor, journalist. He was elected as 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 ...

from

Perinthalmanna Perinthalmanna is a major town and municipality in Malappuram district, Kerala, India. It serves as the administrative centre for the Perinthalmanna taluk, as well as a List of revenue divisions of Kerala, revenue division, a community developm ...

on 2 May 2021.

Early life

Najeeb Kanthapuram was born to Muhammad Master at

Kozhikode Kozhikode (), also known as Calicut, is a city along the Malabar Coast in the state of Kerala in India. Known as the City of Spices, Kozhikode is listed among the City of Literature, UNESCO's Cities of Literature. It is the nineteenth large ...

on 20 April 1975. He was graduated as a

Bachelor of Arts A Bachelor of Arts (abbreviated B.A., BA, A.B. or AB; from the Latin ', ', or ') is the holder of a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate program in the liberal arts, or, in some cases, other disciplines. A Bachelor of Arts deg ...

from

Farook College Farook College is a government-aided, autonomous, arts and science college located in Feroke near Kozhikode, Kerala, India. It is the largest residential post-graduate aided institution in Kerala affiliated to the University of Calicut; it wa ...

, and as a

Bachelor of Education A Bachelor of Education (B.Ed. or BEd) is an undergraduate academic degree which prepares students for work as a teacher in schools. A Bachelor of Education program typically lasts three to four years and combines both coursework and practical exp ...

from

University of Calicut The University of Calicut, also known as Calicut University, is a State ownership, state-run public university headquartered at Tenhipalam in Malappuram district of the state of Kerala, India. Established in 1968, it is the first university to ...

in the year 1996. He was a journalist who worked with

Chandrika (newspaper) ''Chandrika'' () is an Indian daily newspaper in Malayalam language published from Kozhikode, Kerala. The newspaper currently serves as the mouthpiece of Indian Union Muslim League party in Kerala. The Chandrika started publishing from Telli ...

over 20 years. He worked in

in different roles and resigned while he was working as Chief Sub Editor. He has started his political career as unit president of Muslim Students Federation. Later on he became panchayath office bearer of Muslim youth league, then president of

Koduvally Koduvally is a major municipal town in Kozhikode district in the Indian state of Kerala. It is located on the National Highway 766 and is about 21 km northeast of Kozhikode Kozhikode (), also known as Calicut, is a city along ...

constituency

Muslim Youth League Muslim Youth League, abbreviated as the Youth League, is the youth wing of the Indian Union Muslim League Indian Union Muslim League (abbreviated as the IUML or Muslim League) is a political party primarily based in Kerala. It is recognise ...

. Later he worked as district youth league treasurer two times. Then he was elected as district youth league president by election. Then he became the senior vice president of MYL, Kerala State.

Political career

Earlier, Najeeb Kanthapuram had been the senior vice-president of MYL since December 2016. Due to the end of term of the last sitting MLA

Manjalamkuzhi Ali Manjalamkuzhi Ali (born 1 January 1952) is an Indian politician, film producer, distributor, actor and previous minister in the Government of Kerala. He also worked in Malayalam cinema. He was elected to Kerala Legislative Assembly from Perinth ...

, Perinthalmanna went to poll as a part of 2021 Kerala general election on 6 April 2021. Najeeb Kanthapuram was the candidate fielded by UDF from Perinthalmanna. There were registered voters in Perinthalmanna Constituency for the election. Najeeb Kanthapuram won the election by a narrow margin of 38 votes.

Election Performance

Writer

Apart from being a journalist he made imprints in his career as a lyricist and director. He directed "INIYUM" a socially relevant docu-fiction film based on Nandigram Bengal. He contributed as a lyricist in "'പാടുക നിലാവേ"
Paaduka Nilaave
, a ghazal music album composed by V.T. Murali. Singers of the album were M. Jayachandran, P. Sujatha, Venugopal. In 2013 MT Vasudevan Nair released the album "JAYAHE" a revolutionary song written during CPIM Protest gained wide popularity. The song containing the lyrics "ഇത്രയേയുള്ളൂവെന്നറിയുവാന്‍ നമ്മളെത്രദൂരം നടന്നു" (ithreyulluvennariyuvaan nammalethra dhooram nadanu) became popular among the people.

Awards and achievements

He won several achievements in poetry and speeches since his student life. In the year 2004, he won IMA State award for the feature story അര്‍ബുദത്തിന്റെ തീ നാമ്പുകള്‍, (arbudhathinte thee naambukal) awarded by then health minister M.A. Kuttapan. In 2011, he won K.V. Surendranath state award for best editorial for "ലജ്ജിച്ചു തല താഴ്ത്തുക നാം" (lajjichu thalathaythuka naam) a socially relevant editorial published in Chandrika daily on 9 December 2010. He received the award from the famous poet O.N.V. Kurup at the award ceremony held in

Trivandrum Thiruvananthapuram ( ), also known as Trivandrum, is the capital city of the Indian state of Kerala. As of 2011, the Thiruvananthapuram Municipal Corporation had a population of 957,730 over an area of 214.86 sq. km, making it the largest and ...

References

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