Skariah Thomas (31 March 1943 – 18 March 2021) was an Indian politician, a veteran leader of Kerala congress and a former member of Loksabha from Kottayam during 1977–1984. He was the chairman of

Kerala Congress (Skaria Thomas) Kerala Congress (Skaria Thomas) is a political party in Kerala, India India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area; the Lis ...

faction group from 2015.

Biography

He was the chairman of

, which is one among several factions of the

Kerala Congress Kerala Congress is an Indian political party founded in Kottayam, Kerala on 9 October 1964, by a block of former Indian National Congress leaders led by K. M. George. The party is primarily active in central Kerala. Initially its main suppor ...

. He was a member of the 6th and

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Lok Sabha The Lok Sabha, also known as the House of the People, is the lower house of Parliament of India which is Bicameralism, bicameral, where the upper house is Rajya Sabha. Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha, Members of the Lok Sabha are elected by a ...

India India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area; the List of countries by population (United Nations), most populous country since ...

. He represented the

Kottayam Kottayam () is a city in the Kottayam district of Kerala, India. It is the district headquarters of the district and is located about north of the state capital Thiruvananthapuram. As per the 2011 Indian census, Kottayam has a population of ...

constituency of

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 was in office from 1977 to 1984. He died on 18 March 2021 in

Kochi Kochi ( , ), List of renamed Indian cities and states#Kerala, formerly known as Cochin ( ), is a major port city along the Malabar Coast of India bordering the Laccadive Sea. It is part of the Ernakulam district, district of Ernakulam in the ...

due to post-COVID-19 complications.

Private life

Skariah Thomas was the son of KT Skaria and Achamma. He was married to Lalitha and the couple have 3 daughters, Nirmala, Anitha and Latha, and a son Sakariya. He died on 18 March 2021 while serving as the chairman of KSIE.

References

1943 births 2021 deaths Kerala Congress (M) politicians Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in India India MPs 1977–1979 India MPs 1980–1984 Politicians from Kottayam district {{Kerala-politician-stub