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==Political life==
He was an active member in [[Students' Federation of India|SFI]], holding posts like unit secretary of  [[Sree Kerala Varma College]], [[Chelakkara]] area secretary, and member of Thrissur district secretariat as an SFI leader. He also worked as Chelakkara Block Committee secretary  and state committee member of [[DYFI]], and he is now [[CPI(M)]] central committee member. Radhakrishnan was elected to the [[Thrissur]] District Council in 1991 from the Vallathol Nagar division. He was elected to the Assembly in 1996, 2001 and 2006. He served as Minister for the Welfare of Backward and Scheduled Communities and Youth Affairs from 1996 to 2001. He was Opposition Chief Whip from 2001 to 2006.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/sitting-mlas-dominate-cpims-candidates-list-for-thrissur/article1552761.ece|title=Sitting MLAs dominate CPI(M)'s candidates list for Thrissur|date=2011-03-19|newspaper=The Hindu|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X|access-date=2016-10-11}}</ref> He was also served as District Secretary of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(I)M]] , Thrissur District Committee  and District Convener of [[Left Democratic Front (Kerala)|Left Democratic Front]], Thrissur District Committee. He was also now served as National President of Dalit Sakthi Shoshana Mangh. He was also former State President of Pattika Skhema Samithi(PKS).

Leading student's agitations against the Education Policy of the Government during 1982–87, he was arrested and tortured by the police. Radhakrishnan vigorously involved himself in the problems of Agricultural laborers and organized them. He also participated in the activities of Kerala Sastra Sahitya Parishad and Total Literacy Movement.

K. Radhakrishnan was the 18th Speaker of the Kerala Legislative Assembly.  Radhakrishnan was elected Speaker by 93 votes to 40 secured by the Opposition United Front (UDF) candidate M. Murali of the Congress. He completed his term as speaker, the second speaker to do so after [[M. Vijayakumar]], who was incidentally the Minister of Law & Sports during his term as speaker. After quitting the office, he served as MLA for five more years, and left office in 2016. He was succeeded by his colleague [[U. R. Pradeep]].