T. Sivadasa Menon

T. Sivadasa Menon is a communist leader from Kerala.[1] He was the Finance Minister of Kerala in third E. K Nayanar Ministry[1][2] and the Minister for Electricity and Rural Development in second E.K Nayanar Ministry.[2]

T. Sivadasa Menon
Minister for Finance
In office
20 May 1996 – 13 May 2001
Minister for Electricity and Rural Development
In office
02 April 1987 – 17 June 1991
Personal details
Born14 June 1932
Political partyCommunist Party of India (Marxist)

He was born on 14 June 1932.[2] He married T. K. Bhavani and has two daughters.[2]

Political Life

T. Sivadasa Menon was the State Secretariat Member of Communist Party of India (Marxist) in Kerala.[2] His entry into politics was after is rigorous engagement in organising teachers’ unions in the state.[3] He was earlier a teacher at KTM High School, Mannarghat and later became the Head Master of the school.[3] He was part of the Kerala State Education Advisory Board and a member of the Syndicate of Calicut University.[2] In his long career in the teachers front of communist party, he was first elected as the Malabar Regional President of Kerala Private Teachers Federation and later the General Secretary of Kerala Private Teachers' Union (KPTU).[3]

He was elected to Kerala Legislative Assembly from Malampuzha (State Assembly Constituency) in 1987, 1991 and in 1996 as a CPI(M) candidate.[3] From 1993 to 1996, he was the Chairman of Committee on Public Accounts.[2]

He entered controversy after his reaction against the police brutality on SFI leader Biju. During the C H Kanaran memorial meet at Thalassery Bus Stand, he threatened the police to suffer serious consequences for their actions.[4][5]

References
  1. "Sivadasa Menon hospitalised | Thiruvananthapuram News - Times of India". The Times of India. PTI. Retrieved 13 June 2020.
  2. "Members - Kerala Legislature". www.niyamasabha.org. Retrieved 13 June 2020.
  3. "T. Sivadasa Menon". www.stateofkerala.in. Retrieved 13 June 2020.
  4. "Sivadasa Menon does a Jayarajan". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 13 June 2020.
  5. Nazeer, Mohamed (22 October 2011). "Sharp tongue landing leaders in trouble?". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 13 June 2020.
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