Former Lok Sabha member Panniyan Raveendran has been elected as the new State Secretary of Communist Party of India (CPI) on 9 April 2012 (Monday). The decision was taken at the party’s state council meeting convened here.
A nine member state secretariat and a 31 – member state executive committee have also been constituted. Veliyan Barghavan, KE Ismail, C Divakaran, CN Chandhran, KR Chandhra Mohan, T Purushothaman, Sathyan Mokeri and Prakash Mokeri were inducted in the state secretariat.
Pannian Raveendran
Born-22 December 1945 (age 66)Kannur, Kerala
Political party-CPI
Spouse(s)-Ratnavally
Children-3 sons
Residence-Thiruvananthapuram