P. C. Vishnunadh (born 30 March 1978) is an Indian politician of the

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, who represents Kundara constituency in the

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Biography

Vishnunadh was born to P. Chellappan Pillai and Leela C. Pillai at

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. Vishnunadh is married to Kanaka Ha Ma.

Political career

Vishnunadh entered politics through

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(K.S.U.) and was Unit Secretary of Devaswom Board College,

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(1993). He was elected as the secretary, Arts Club, Devaswom Board College (1997) and University Union Councillor, Devaswom Board College (1998). Vishnunadh was elected to the Kerala University Senate in 2001 and 2002. He had participated in 'Memorial March' in 2005 commemorating the 75th anniversary of the

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as the representative of Kerala State. He was state President of Kerala Students' Union (K.S.U.(I)) from 2002 to 2006. During his period with K.S.U, he was imprisoned in connection with the Strike conducted by K.S.U. against hike in bus charge. He has participated in many students' agitation and strikes. He was elected as Kerala Youth Congress President in 2010. In 2014, he was nominated as the KPCC general secretary. In 2017, he was appointed the Secretary of

with charge of

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state. In January 2020, he was appointed the Vice President of Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee. Vishnunadh was first elected to

from

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assembly constituency in

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by defeating

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of CPI(M) by a margin of 9531 votes. He was re-elected for the second time in

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defeating Adv. C. S. Sujatha of CPI(M) by a margin of 12500 votes. In

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he was defeated by Adv K. K. Ramachandran Nair of CPI(M) by a margin of 7983 votes. He had contested the

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from

Kundara Kundara is a satellite town in Kerala and is part of the Kollam Metropolitan Area, India. Kundara is situated at the eastern end of Kollam city. Kundara is significant for its historic involvement in the Indian independence movement. Kundara w ...

assembly constituency and defeated J. Mercykutty Amma of

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by 9,523 votes.

Other interests

Vishnunadh has sung a song in a short film named "Njan Kanda Keralam" directed by his friend Ramesh Makayiram.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Vishnunadh, P. C. Living people Indian National Congress politicians from Kerala 1978 births Politicians from Alappuzha district Politicians from Thiruvananthapuram Kerala MLAs 2011–2016 Government Law College, Thiruvananthapuram alumni