M. P. Veerendra Kumar

M. P. Veerendra Kumar was an Indian politician, writer and journalist, who was a member of the 14th Lok Sabha. He was a member of the Loktantrik Janata Dal political party and was the president of Kerala state unit of the party. He was also the chairman and managing director of the Malayalam daily newspaper Mathrubhumi. He died on 28th May 2020 due to cardiac arrest at Kozhikode in Kerala.

M. P. Veerendra Kumar
MP of Rajya Sabha for Kerala
In office
23 March 2018 – 28 May 2020
In office
3 April 2016 – 20 December 2017
Preceded byT. N. Seema
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office
2004–2009
Preceded byK. Muraleedharan
Succeeded byM. K. Raghavan
ConstituencyKozhikode
In office
1996–1998
Preceded byK. Muraleedharan
Succeeded byP. Sankaran
ConstituencyKozhikode
Personal details
Born(1936-07-22)22 July 1936
Died28 May 2020(2020-05-28) (aged 83)[1]
Political partyLoktantrik Janata Dal (from 24 March 2018)
Other political
affiliations		JD(U) (till 20 December 2017)
As of 23 September, 2006
Source:

Life

Kumar was born to Marudevi Avva and Padmaprabha Gowder, a leader of Socialist Party and former MLA, on 22 July 1936 in a popular Jain family in Kalpetta. After schooling in Kalpetta and at Kozhikode, he did his master's in philosophy from Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda College, Madras.

An active politician, he was the treasurer and national committee member of the former Samyukta Socialist Party, state secretary of the Kerala Unit of the Socialist Party, one of the all India secretaries of the former Socialist Party, convener of the Opposition Co-ordination Committee in Kerala, vice president of the former Janata Party, and its president. He was arrested during the emergency. During 1987–91 he was elected member of the Kerala Legislative Assembly. Later, in 1996 he was elected to the Lok Sabha, lower house of the Parliament of India from Kozhikode constituency and functioned as Minister of state for Labour and later Finance.

Author

His works include:

  • Samanwayathinte Vasantham
  • Buddhante Chiri
  • Gattum Kanacharadukalum
  • Atmavilekkoru Theerthayathra
  • Prathibhayute Verukal Thedi
  • Changampuzha: Vidhiyute Vettamrigam
  • Thirinjhunokkumbol
  • Lokavyapara Samkhadanayum Oorakkudukkukalum (Gattinu Seshamulla Oranweshanam)
  • Roshathinte Vithukal
  • Adhinivesathinte Adiyozhukukal
  • Hymavathabhoovil
  • Ramantedhukkam

Awards

Death

He suffered a cardiac arrest and died at a private hospital in Calicut on 28 May 2020 . [4]

References
  1. http://www.mpveerendrakumar.in/profile.html
  2. "Minister calls for schemes to promote khadi". The Hindu online. 14 May 2009. Archived from the original on 17 February 2018. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
  3. "Veerendra Kumar, Nanjil Nadan among Sahitya Akademi winners". The Hindu. 21 December 2010. Retrieved 25 April 2014.
  4. https://www.deshabhimani.com/news/kerala/news-national-28-05-2020/873941
Lok Sabha
Preceded by
K. Muraleedharan		 Member of Parliament
for Kozhikode
1996 – 1998		 Succeeded by
P. Sankaran
Preceded by
K. Muraleedharan		 Member of Parliament
for Kozhikode
2004 - 2009		 Succeeded by
M. K. Raghavan
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