Binoy Viswam Explained

Binoy Viswam
Honorific-Suffix:MP
Office4:State Secretary of the Communist Party of India, Kerala State Council
Predecessor4:Kanam Rajendran
Office:Leader of the Communist Party of India in the Rajya Sabha
Term Start:24 July 2019
Term End:1 July 2024
Predecessor:D. Raja
Office1:Member of Parliament of Rajya Sabha for Kerala
Term Start1:2 July 2018
Term End1:1 July 2024
Predecessor1:P. J. Kurien
Successor1:Jose K. Mani
Office2:Minister for Forests and Housing, Kerala
Term Start2:18 May 2006
Term End2:18 May 2011
Predecessor2:A. Sujanapal
Successor2:K. B. Ganesh Kumar
Constituency2:Nadapuram
Office3:Member of Legislative Assembly, Kerala
Term Start3:2001
Term End3:2011
Constituency3:Nadapuram
Predecessor3:Sathyan Mokeri
Successor3:E. K. Vijayan
Party:Communist Party of India
Birth Date:1955 11, df=yes
Birth Place:Vaikom, Kottayam, Kerala, India
Spouse:Shaila C. George
Father:C. K. Viswanathan
Mother:C.K. Omana
Children:Rasmi, Surya
Siblings:Beena Viswam (Beena Komalan), Binod Viswam
Residence:Muthuchippy, Thondayad, Nellicode P.O., Kozhikode, Kerala, India-673016
Education:Education Qualifications: B.A., L.L.B. Educated at St. Paul's College, Kalamassery, Maharaja's College, Ernakulam and Kerala Law Academy, Law College, Trivandrum

Binoy Viswam is an Indian politician who was a Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha) from Kerala representing the Communist Party of India (CPI) and was its Parliamentary Party leader.[1] [2] [3] A member of the CPI National Secretariat, he is currently the State Secretary of CPI Kerala State Committee, the Editor of New Age Weekly - the central organ of CPI and the Working President of the All India Trade Union Congress.[4] He served as the Minister for Forests & Housing in the Government of Kerala during 2006–2011.[5] He was earlier elected to the Kerala Legislative Assembly from Nadapuram constituency and served as Member, Estimates Committee; Chairman, Assurance Committee; and was one of the five members of the Constituency Delimitation Committee. He is a senior Communist Party of India (CPI) leader and the president of the Kerala Tourism Development Corporation Employees' Federation.

Early life and political career

Binoy was born to K. Viswanathan and C.K. Omana on 25 November 1955 in Vaikom.[6] He entered politics from his school days through All India Students Federation (AISF), as Unit Secretary of AISF in Vaikom Government Boys High School. He also elected as Union Chairman of St. Paul's College, Kalamassery. He was elected as Member of Kerala University Union and Syndicate member of Cochin University of Science and Technology. Later he became State President and All India Secretary of AISF.He also was elected as State Secretary of All India Youth Federation (AIYF). He served as Vice President of World Federation of Democratic Youth (WFDY) and also Head of its Asia Pacific Commission.He became a CPI member at the age of 18. He was Member of National Council of CPI during the period 1992–98.He also served as Kerala Agricultural University Senate Member and Director Board Member of KTDC.After demise of Kanam Rajendran, he was elected as the secretary of CPI Kerala state committee in 2023.

Personal life

Binoy is married to Shaila. Shaila worked in the Kerala Gramin Bank as officer at Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India. Shaila completed a course from Nottingham University in creative writing. Both Binoy Viswam and Shaila are the children of two prominent Communist Party leaders.[7] Binoy Viswam is the son of C.K.Viswanathan who was a leader of the Communist Party of India. He was the Asst Secretary of its State Committee and is a well-known campaigner and strategist. Shaila is the daughter of Koothattukulam Mary, a party leader turned teacher.

The couple have two daughters, Rasmi & Surya. Rasmi is working in The Hindu. Surya is a law graduate from Columbia University and is practicing at the High Court of Kerala, Ernakulam.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Binoy Viswam . 2024-07-05 . Kerala Legislative Assembly . 6 September 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190906012411/http://www.niyamasabha.org/codes/members/m18.htm . live .
  2. Web site: Parliament . 10 November 2018 . 5 November 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181105160746/http://www.prsindia.org/mptrack/binoyviswam . live .
  3. Web site: Election to 3 Rajya Sabha seats from Kerala on June 25 . 2024-07-01 . The Week . en . 1 July 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240701152232/https://www.theweek.in/news/india/2024/05/27/election-to-three-rs-seats-from-kerala-on-june-25.html . live .
  4. Web site: Analysis Binoy Viswam is no Kanam, but CPI is still the divided house . 2024-07-05 . . 16 January 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240116232423/https://www.onmanorama.com/news/kerala/2023/12/28/analysis-binoy-viswam-no-kanam-cpi-divided-house.html . live .
  5. Web site: Council of Ministers - Kerala. Kerala Legislative Assembly. 20 December 2009. 6 October 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181006140159/http://niyamasabha.org/codes/cmin.htm. live.
  6. Web site: Archived copy . 5 July 2024 . 5 July 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240705051234/https://niyamasabha.nic.in/index.php/profile/index/1165 . live .
  7. Web site: Kerala State - Everything about Kerala. 21 December 2019. 11 November 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20231111024514/http://www.stateofkerala.in/niyamasabha/binoy_viswam.php. live.