P. T. A. Rahim is an Indian politician from

Kerala Kerala ( , ) is a States and union territories of India, state on the Malabar Coast of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, following the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, by combining Malayalam-speaking regions of the erstwhile ...

. He is from the

Indian National League Indian National League (INL) is an Indian political party formed in 1994 under the leadership of the then IUML leader Ebrahim Sulaiman Sait. The party is currently a member of the CPIM-led LDF in Kerala. INL leader Ahamed Devarkovil, MLA ...

. He represents the

Kunnamangalam Kunnamangalam is a growing census town located about 14 km east of Kozhikode city on National highway 766. Nearby places are Koduvally, Mukkam, Chathamangalam, and Kattangal. India's premier educational institutions like Indian Insti ...

constituency in

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and Pro-tem Speaker in the Kerala Legislative Assembly.

Career

Born at

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 ...

on 8 March 1949, Rahim started his political career through MSF during his college days. He completed a B.Com. degree at

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 LLB at

Government Law College, Kozhikode The Government Law College, Kozhikode or Kozhikode Law College situated on the outskirts of Kozhikode, India, is owned by the Government of Kerala and affiliated to the University of Calicut. The college caters to the needs of the north Malab ...

. He was secretary of the

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Kozhikode District Committee and he was also President of

Grama Panchayath (1988–1993, 1998–2006). He left the Muslim League in early 2000s and formed Muslim League(R) with his followers. He made a successful movement in the Panachayat election held in 2005 with the support of Left Front in Koduvally. He became a noted politician when he defeated

K. Muraleedharan Kannoth Muraleedharan (born 14 May 1957) is an Indian National Congress politician. He was the MP from Vatakara, Kerala. He is the son of Congress leader K. Karunakaran. He was elected as an MP from Kozhikode constituency (1989, 1991, 1999) ...

, the UDF candidate in Koduvally constituency in 2006 elections. In early 2011 with the support of LDF, under the leadership of P. T. A. Rahim a new party, National Secular Conference (NSC) was formed, which aimed to protect the rights of

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s, religious minorities and other backward sections of people. The party was later merged with

Assembly Election Victories

References

1949 births Living people Malayali politicians People from Kozhikode district Kerala MLAs 2011–2016 Kerala MLAs 2016–2021 Indian National League politicians {{Kerala-politician-stub