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	\| constituency2 = [[Vatakara (Lok Sabha constituency)\|Vatakara]]		\| constituency2 = [[Vatakara (Lok Sabha constituency)\|Vatakara]]
	\| term_start2 = ~~{{Start date\|~~2009~~\|\|}}~~		\| term_start2 = 16 May 2009
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	\| predecessor2 = [[P. Satheedevi]]		\| predecessor2 = [[P. Satheedevi]]
	\| successor2 = [[K. Muraleedharan]]		\| successor2 = [[K. Muraleedharan]]
	\| constituency3 = [[Kannur (Lok Sabha constituency)\|Kannur]]		\| constituency3 = [[Kannur (Lok Sabha constituency)\|Kannur]]
	\| term_start3 = ~~{{Start date\|~~1984~~\|\|}}~~		\| term_start3 = 28 December 1984
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	\| predecessor3 = K. Kunhambu		\| predecessor3 = K. Kunhambu
	\| successor3 = [[A. P. Abdullakutty]]		\| successor3 = [[A. P. Abdullakutty]]
	\| birth_date = {{Birth date and age\|1944\|11\|07\|df=yes}}		\| birth_date = {{Birth date and age\|1944\|11\|07\|df=yes}}
	\| birth_place = [[Kozhikode]], [[Madras ~~Presidency~~]], [[British India]]<br>(present day [[Kerala]], India)		\| birth_place = [[Kozhikode]], [[Madras Province]], [[British India]]<br>(present day [[Kerala]], India)
	\| party = [[Indian National Congress]]		\| party = [[Indian National Congress]]
	\| spouse = Usha Ramachandran		\| spouse = Usha Ramachandran
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	'''Mullappally Ramachandran''' (born 7 November 1944) is an Indian politician and former president of the [[Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee]] (KPCC). He is a member of the [[Indian National Congress]], and the son of Congress leader Mullappally Gopalan.		'''Mullappally Ramachandran''' (born 7 November 1944) is an Indian politician and former president of the [[Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee]] (KPCC). He is a member of the [[Indian National Congress]], and the son of Congress leader Mullappally Gopalan.

	Mullappally Ramachandran has returned five times consecutively to the [[8th Lok Sabha\|8th]], [[9th Lok Sabha\|9th]], [[10th Lok Sabha\|10th]], [[11th Lok Sabha\|11th]] and [[12th Lok Sabha\|12th]] Lok Sabha from [[Kannur (Lok Sabha constituency)\|Kannur constituency]], a strong fortress of rival party [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)\|CPI(M)]]. From 2009 to 2019, he was the [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha\|Member of Parliament]] for [[Vatakara (Lok Sabha constituency)\|Vatakara constituency]]. In the [[15th Lok Sabha]], he was Minister of State for Home Affairs, Govt. of India.<ref>{{Cite web\|url = http://mullappallyramachandran.com/en/\|title = Member of Parliament (16th Lok Sabha) Mullappally Ramachandran\|access-date = 2014-10-24\|website = Member of Parliament (16th Lok Sabha) Mullappally Ramachandran}}</ref>		Mullappally Ramachandran has returned five times consecutively to the [[8th Lok Sabha\|8th]], [[9th Lok Sabha\|9th]], [[10th Lok Sabha\|10th]], [[11th Lok Sabha\|11th]] and [[12th Lok Sabha\|12th]] Lok Sabha from [[Kannur (Lok Sabha constituency)\|Kannur constituency]], a strong fortress of rival party [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)\|CPI(M)]]. From 2009 to 2019, he was the [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha\|Member of Parliament]] for [[Vatakara (Lok Sabha constituency)\|Vatakara constituency]]. In the [[15th Lok Sabha]], he was Minister of State for Home Affairs, Govt. of India.<ref>{{Cite web\|url = http://mullappallyramachandran.com/en/\|title = Member of Parliament (16th Lok Sabha) Mullappally Ramachandran\|access-date = 2014-10-24\|website = Member of Parliament (16th Lok Sabha) Mullappally Ramachandran}}</ref>

			==Early life==
			He was born on 7 November 1944 in Chombala village in [[Vadakara]] taluk of [[Kozhikode]] district into a prominent [[Thiyya]]<ref> https://www.newindianexpress.com/amp/story/states/kerala/2018/May/19/will-congress-high-command-disturb-the-fine-balance-of-religion-and-caste-1816531.html</ref> family, the son of Mullappally Gopalan, a freedom fighter, and Paru Amma. His educational qualification is M.A.L.L.B. After primary education, he obtained a degree in history from Madappally Government College and a law degree from Government Law College, and a post-graduate degree in history from Kerala University. <ref>http://164.100.47.194/Loksabha/Members/memberbioprofile.aspx?mpsno=3085&lastls=16</ref>

	== Positions held ==		== Positions held ==
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	==Controversy==		==Controversy==
	In June 2020, he made some controversial comments against the health minister [[K. K. Shailaja\|K.K Shailaja]], calling her as Covid Rani (Covid Queen).<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Mullappally defends himself, but Chennithala asks him to stop tirade\|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/2020/jun/21/mullappally-defends-himself-but-chennithala-asks-him-to-stop-tirade-2159350.html\|access-date=2021-03-10\|website=The New Indian Express}}</ref> In November 2020, he entered into controversy again as he stated "women with self respect will die if she is raped, or else try not to be sexually assaulted again".<ref>{{Cite web\|date=2020-11-01\|title='Woman with self-respect will die if raped': Congress leader Mullappally at it again\|url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/woman-self-respect-will-die-if-raped-congress-leader-mullappally-it-again-136634\|access-date=2021-03-10\|website=The News Minute\|language=en}}</ref> Later, he claimed that his remarks on rape survivors are being 'portrayed as anti-women by others.<ref>{{Cite magazine\|author=P. S. Gopikrishnan Unnithan \|date=November 1, 2020 \|title=Shocker: Self-respecting women will die if raped, says Kerala Congress chief, later clarifies\|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/shocker-self-respecting-women-will-die-if-raped-says-kerala-congress-chief-later-clarifies-1737071-2020-11-01\|access-date=2021-03-10\|magazine=India Today\|language=en}}</ref>		In June 2020, he made some controversial comments against the health minister [[K. K. Shailaja\|K.K Shailaja]], calling her Covid Rani (Covid Queen).<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Mullappally defends himself, but Chennithala asks him to stop tirade\|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/2020/jun/21/mullappally-defends-himself-but-chennithala-asks-him-to-stop-tirade-2159350.html\|access-date=2021-03-10\|website=The New Indian Express\|date=21 June 2020 }}</ref> In November 2020, he entered into controversy again as he stated "women with self respect will die if she is raped, or else try not to be sexually assaulted again".<ref>{{Cite web\|date=2020-11-01\|title='Woman with self-respect will die if raped': Congress leader Mullappally at it again\|url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/woman-self-respect-will-die-if-raped-congress-leader-mullappally-it-again-136634\|access-date=2021-03-10\|website=The News Minute\|language=en}}</ref> Later, he claimed that his remarks on rape survivors are being 'portrayed as anti-women by others.<ref>{{Cite magazine\|author=P. S. Gopikrishnan Unnithan \|date=November 1, 2020 \|title=Shocker: Self-respecting women will die if raped, says Kerala Congress chief, later clarifies\|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/shocker-self-respecting-women-will-die-if-raped-says-kerala-congress-chief-later-clarifies-1737071-2020-11-01\|access-date=2021-03-10\|magazine=India Today\|language=en}}</ref>

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	==Controversy==		==Controversy==
	In June 2020, he made some controversial comments against the health minister [[K. K. Shailaja\|K.K Shailaja]], calling her as Covid Rani (Covid Queen).<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Mullappally defends himself, but Chennithala asks him to stop tirade\|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/2020/jun/21/mullappally-defends-himself-but-chennithala-asks-him-to-stop-tirade-2159350.html\|access-date=2021-03-10\|website=The New Indian Express}}</ref> In November 2020, he entered into controversy again as he stated "women with self respect will die if she is raped, or else try not to be sexually assaulted again".<ref>{{Cite web\|date=2020-11-01\|title='Woman with self-respect will die if raped': Congress leader Mullappally at it again\|url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/woman-self-respect-will-die-if-raped-congress-leader-mullappally-it-again-136634\|access-date=2021-03-10\|website=The News Minute\|language=en}}</ref> Later, he claimed that his remarks on rape survivors are being 'portrayed as anti-women by others.<ref>{{Cite ~~web~~\|~~last1=ThiruvananthapuramNovember 1\|first1~~=P. S. Gopikrishnan Unnithan\|~~last2~~=November 1~~\|first2=2020UPDATED\|last3=Ist\|first3=~~2020 ~~21:40~~\|title=Shocker: Self-respecting women will die if raped, says Kerala Congress chief, later clarifies\|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/shocker-self-respecting-women-will-die-if-raped-says-kerala-congress-chief-later-clarifies-1737071-2020-11-01\|access-date=2021-03-10\|~~website~~=India Today\|language=en}}</ref>		In June 2020, he made some controversial comments against the health minister [[K. K. Shailaja\|K.K Shailaja]], calling her as Covid Rani (Covid Queen).<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Mullappally defends himself, but Chennithala asks him to stop tirade\|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/2020/jun/21/mullappally-defends-himself-but-chennithala-asks-him-to-stop-tirade-2159350.html\|access-date=2021-03-10\|website=The New Indian Express}}</ref> In November 2020, he entered into controversy again as he stated "women with self respect will die if she is raped, or else try not to be sexually assaulted again".<ref>{{Cite web\|date=2020-11-01\|title='Woman with self-respect will die if raped': Congress leader Mullappally at it again\|url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/woman-self-respect-will-die-if-raped-congress-leader-mullappally-it-again-136634\|access-date=2021-03-10\|website=The News Minute\|language=en}}</ref> Later, he claimed that his remarks on rape survivors are being 'portrayed as anti-women by others.<ref>{{Cite magazine\|author=P. S. Gopikrishnan Unnithan \|date=November 1, 2020 \|title=Shocker: Self-respecting women will die if raped, says Kerala Congress chief, later clarifies\|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/shocker-self-respecting-women-will-die-if-raped-says-kerala-congress-chief-later-clarifies-1737071-2020-11-01\|access-date=2021-03-10\|magazine=India Today\|language=en}}</ref>

	== References ==		== References ==
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	\| successor = [[K. Sudhakaran]]		\| successor = [[K. Sudhakaran]]
	\|office1=[[Minister of Home Affairs (India)\|Minister of State for Home Affairs]]		\| office1 = [[Minister of Home Affairs (India)\|Minister of State for Home Affairs]]
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	\|primeminister1=[[Manmohan Singh]]		\| primeminister1 = [[Manmohan Singh]]
	\|minister1=[[P. Chidambaram]](2009-12)<br>[[Sushilkumar Shinde]](2012-14)		\| minister1 = [[P. Chidambaram]] (2009-12)<br>[[Sushilkumar Shinde]] (2012-14)
	\|predecessor1=[[Sriprakash Jaiswal]]		\| predecessor1 = [[Sriprakash Jaiswal]]
	\|successor1=[[Kiren Rijiju]]		\| successor1 = [[Kiren Rijiju]]
	\| office2 = [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha]]		\| office2 = [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha]]
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	\| constituency3 = [[Kannur (Lok Sabha constituency)\|Kannur]]		\| constituency3 = [[Kannur (Lok Sabha constituency)\|Kannur]]
	\| term_start3 = {{Start date\|1984\|\|}}		\| term_start3 = {{Start date\|1984\|\|}}
	\| term_end3 = {{End date\|1999\|\|}}		\| term_end3 = {{End date\|1999\|\|}}
	\| predecessor3 = K. Kunhambu		\| predecessor3 = K. Kunhambu
	\| successor3 = [[A. P. Abdullakutty]]		\| successor3 = [[A. P. Abdullakutty]]

	\| birth_date = {{Birth date and age\|1944\|11\|07\|df=yes}}		\| birth_date = {{Birth date and age\|1944\|11\|07\|df=yes}}
	\| birth_place = [[Kozhikode]], [[Madras Presidency]], [[British India]]<br>(present day [[Kerala]], India)		\| birth_place = [[Kozhikode]], [[Madras Presidency]], [[British India]]<br>(present day [[Kerala]], India)

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| successor = [[K. Sudhakaran]]
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|term_start1=28 May 2009
|term_end1=26 May 2014
|primeminister1=[[Manmohan Singh]]
|minister1=[[P. Chidambaram]](2009-12)<br>[[Sushilkumar Shinde]](2012-14)
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| term_end2 = {{End date|2019||}}
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| spouse = Usha Ramachandran
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| alma_mater = {{Unbulleted_list|[[Government Law College, Kozhikode]]<br>([[Bachelor of Laws]])|[[Kerala University]]<br>([[Master of Arts]])}}
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'''Mullappally Ramachandran''' (born 7 November 1944) is an Indian politician and former president of the [[Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee]] (KPCC). He is a member of the [[Indian National Congress]], and the son of Congress leader Mullappally Gopalan.

Mullappally Ramachandran has returned five times consecutively to the [[8th Lok Sabha|8th]], [[9th Lok Sabha|9th]], [[10th Lok Sabha|10th]], [[11th Lok Sabha|11th]] and [[12th Lok Sabha|12th]] Lok Sabha from [[Kannur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Kannur constituency]], a strong fortress of rival party [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]]. From 2009 to 2019, he was the [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha|Member of Parliament]] for [[Vatakara (Lok Sabha constituency)|Vatakara constituency]]. In the [[15th Lok Sabha]], he was Minister of State for Home Affairs, Govt. of India.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://mullappallyramachandran.com/en/|title = Member of Parliament (16th Lok Sabha) Mullappally Ramachandran|access-date = 2014-10-24|website = Member of Parliament (16th Lok Sabha) Mullappally Ramachandran}}</ref>

== Positions held ==
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* 1969-70: Chairman, Congress Forum for Socialist Action
* 1970-71: President, Youth Congress, Calicut district
* 1977-82: President, Kerala Pradesh Youth Congress
* 1984-89: Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Human Resource Development
* 1984-: General-Secretary, Pradesh Congress Committee
* 1987-88: Member, Committee on Subordinate Legislation
* 1987-89: Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of External Affairs
* 1987-90 :Member, Rules Committee
* 1988-95: Joint-Secretary, All India Congress Committee (Indira) [A.I.C.C.(I)]
* 1990-91: Member, Committee on Estimates
* Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Commerce; and Ministry of Tourism
* 1991-93: Union Minister of State, Agriculture and Cooperation
* 1993-96: Member, Committee on Industry
* Member, Central Advisory Committee on Light Houses
* Member, Select Committee on Transplantation of Human Organs Bill, 1993
* Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting
* 1996-97: Member, Committee on Commerce
* Member, Joint Committee on Salaries and Allowances Of Members of Parliament
* Member, Sub-Committee on Agricultural Exports
* Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Railways
* 1998-99: Member, Committee on Urban and Rural Development and Convenor of its Sub-Committee-I on Ministry of Urban Affairs and Employment; and Sub-Committee on Action Taken
* Member, Committee to review the rate of dividend payable by the Railway Undertakings
* Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Civil Aviation
* Member, Railway Convention Committee
* Member, South Zone Railway Advisory Committee
* 2000: General Secretary, KPCC
* 2005: Vice President, KPCC
* 2009-2014: Minister of State (Home)
* 2015: Chairman, Indian National Congress Central Election Authority
* 2018-2021: President, KPCC

{{s-start}}
{{s-bef | before = [[P. Satheedevi]]}}
{{s-ttl | title = [[Member of Parliament#India|Member of Parliament]] from [[Vatakara]] | years = 2009 – 2019}}
{{s-aft | after = [[K. Muraleedharan]]}}
{{end}}

==Controversy==
In June 2020, he made some controversial comments against the health minister [[K. K. Shailaja|K.K Shailaja]], calling her as Covid Rani (Covid Queen).<ref>{{Cite web|title=Mullappally defends himself, but Chennithala asks him to stop tirade|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/2020/jun/21/mullappally-defends-himself-but-chennithala-asks-him-to-stop-tirade-2159350.html|access-date=2021-03-10|website=The New Indian Express}}</ref> In November 2020, he entered into controversy again as he stated "women with self respect will die if she is raped, or else try not to be sexually assaulted again".<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-11-01|title='Woman with self-respect will die if raped': Congress leader Mullappally at it again|url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/woman-self-respect-will-die-if-raped-congress-leader-mullappally-it-again-136634|access-date=2021-03-10|website=The News Minute|language=en}}</ref> Later, he claimed that his remarks on rape survivors are being 'portrayed as anti-women by others.<ref>{{Cite web|last1=ThiruvananthapuramNovember 1|first1=P. S. Gopikrishnan Unnithan|last2=November 1|first2=2020UPDATED|last3=Ist|first3=2020 21:40|title=Shocker: Self-respecting women will die if raped, says Kerala Congress chief, later clarifies|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/shocker-self-respecting-women-will-die-if-raped-says-kerala-congress-chief-later-clarifies-1737071-2020-11-01|access-date=2021-03-10|website=India Today|language=en}}</ref>

== References ==
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