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{{short description|Indian politician (born 1975)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2020}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2021}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = P. A. Mohammed Riyas
| image = Mohammed-riyas som.jpg
| caption =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1975|05|18|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Beypore
| alma_mater = {{ubl|[[Farook College]], [[Kozhikode]]|[[Government Law College, Kozhikode]]}}
| residence =
| office = Minister for [[Kerala Public Works Department|Public Works Department]] and [[Department of Tourism (Kerala)|Tourism]], [[Government of Kerala]]
| 1blankname = Chief Minister
| 1namedata = [[Second Vijayan ministry|Pinarayi Vijayan]]
| term_start = 20 May 2021
| predecessor = {{Unbulleted_list|[[G. Sudhakaran]]<br>(Minister for Public Works Department)|[[Kadakampally Surendran]]<br>(Minister for Tourism)}}
| constituency1 = [[Beypore (State Assembly constituency)|Beypore]]
| office1 = Member of [[Kerala Legislative Assembly]]
| term_start1 = 03 May 2021
| term_end1 =
| predecessor1 = [[V. K. C. Mammed Koya]]
| successor1 =
| office2 = All India President of [[Democratic Youth Federation of India]]
| term_start2 = 2017
| term_end2 =
| predecessor2 = [[M. B. Rajesh]]
| successor2 =
| party = [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
| relatives = [[Pinarayi Vijayan]] (father-in-law)
| spouse = {{marriage|Sameeha Saithalavi|2002|2015|reason=div}}<br />{{marriage|Veena Vijayan|2020}}
| year =
| source =
}}
'''P. A. Mohammed Riyas''' is an Indian politician currently serving as the Minister for Public Works Department and Tourism, Government of Kerala.<ref>https://kerala.gov.in/documents/10180/10f1c4c2-f98b-4600-9b2a-749f33bdb791{{dead link|date=December 2021}}</ref> He is the Kerala state committee member of the [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]], and the former All India President of the [[Democratic Youth Federation of India]] (DYFI).<ref>{{cite web | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kozhikode/kerala-for-mohammad-riyas-its-a-rise-from-the-ranks/articleshow/82762299.cms?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=TOI&fbclid=IwAR3NnUWcOvHMkmDuLhf2YpWyoZEb4_l5ncZ6G9-Eq6naM2im7TrKvtQnslg | title=Kerala: For P A Mohammad Riyas, it's a rise from the ranks | work=[[The Times of India]] | date=19 May 2021 | accessdate=19 May 2021}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web|title=Mohammed Riyas elected as national president of DYFI|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/kochi/2017/feb/05/mohammed-riyas-elected-as-national-president-of-dyfi-1567282.html|website=The New Indian Express|access-date=10 May 2020}}</ref><ref name=":6">{{Cite web|title=Mohammad Riyas elected DYFI president|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/politics/060217/mohammad-riyas-elected-dyfi-president.html|date=6 February 2017|website=Deccan Chronicle|language=en|access-date=10 May 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.timesnownews.com/india/kerala/article/veena-george-to-replace-kk-shailja-as-kerala-health-minister-heres-list-of-cpim-ministers-and-portfolios/758956 | title=Veena George to replace KK Shailaja as Kerala health minister; here's list of new ministers and portfolios | publisher=Times Now | date=19 May 2021 | accessdate=19 May 2021}}</ref>

== Early life, family and education ==
Riyas was born in Calicut.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Biodata of P. A. Muhammed Riaz|url=http://keralaassembly.org/lok/sabha/biodata.php4?no=12&name=P.%20A.%20Muhammed%20Riaz|website=keralaassembly.org|access-date=10 May 2020}}</ref> His father P. M. Abdul Khader, was an [[Indian Police Service]] officer.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan's daughter to tie the knot on Monday|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/2020/jun/09/kerala-cm-pinarayi-vijayans-daughter-to-tie-the-knot-on-monday-2154371.html|access-date=11 June 2020|website=The New Indian Express}}</ref>
His relative P.K Moidheenkutty Sahib was former president KPCC [[Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee]], AICC member, freedom fighter<ref>{{cite news |last1=Naha |first1=Abdul Latheef |title=Public opinion survey sets apart Anakkara |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/public-opinion-survey-sets-apart-anakkara/article33094357.ece |date=13 Nov 2020}}</ref> and member of madras assembly in 1937.{{citation needed|date=May 2021}}

He did his schooling at the [[St. Joseph's Boys' Higher Secondary School, Kozhikode]] and joined [[Farook College]], Kozhikode for his pre-degree education. He continued in the same college for his under-graduate degree in [[Bachelor of Commerce]]. Later he secured a law degree from [[Government Law College, Kozhikode]].<ref name=":0" />

== Personal life ==

He married Dr. Sameeha Saithalavi in 2002 and later divorced her in 2015 and they have two sons.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.coastaldigest.com/kerala-cm-pinarayi-vijayans-daughter-veena-marry-dyfi-leader-muhammad-riyas | title=Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan's daughter Veena to marry DYFI leader Mohammed Riyas | publisher=Coastal Digest | date=9 June 2020 | accessdate=19 May 2021}}</ref> On 15 June 2020, he married T. Veena, the daughter of Kerala Chief Minister [[Pinarayi Vijayan]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan's daughter Veena marries DYFI national president PA Mohammed Riyas|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/2020/jun/15/kerala-cm-pinarayi-vijayans-daughter-veena-marries-dyfi-national-president-pa-mohammed-riyas-2156798.html|access-date=15 June 2020|website=The New Indian Express}}</ref>

== Political career ==
During his school days in St Joseph Boys High School, Kozhikode Mohammed Riyas was active with [[Students' Federation of India]] (SFI). In his 8th standard, he became the President of the SFI unit committee, and in the next year, he got as the unit secretary of the school committee. In his pre-degree days in [[Farook College]], Calicut he was elected as the first-year pre-degree representative of the college. In 1994 Riyas became the unit president of SFI committee in Farook College, and in the next conference he became the secretary of the unit. From Farook college, he won the post for university union councillor of Calicut University in 1996–97. Later he became a university union office-bearer in 1998. Riyas gradually became a prominent leadership of SFI.<ref>{{Cite web|date=5 February 2017|title=മുന്‍ പൊലീസ് കമ്മീഷണറുടെ മകന്‍ ഇനി വിപ്ലവ|url=https://www.expresskerala.com/p-a-mohammed-riyaz-dyfi-all-india-president.html|access-date=11 May 2020|website=Express Kerala|language=en-US}}</ref>

Riyas was a member of the [[Democratic Youth Federation of India]], where he rose to become the president and finally the secretary of DYFI Kozhikode District Committee.<ref>{{Cite web|title=മുഹമ്മദ് റിയാസ് ഡി.വൈ.എഫ്.ഐ ദേശീയ പ്രസിഡന്റ് • Suprabhaatham|url=http://suprabhaatham.com/%E0%B4%AE%E0%B5%81%E0%B4%B9%E0%B4%AE%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%AE%E0%B4%A6%E0%B5%8D-%E0%B4%B1%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%AF%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%B8%E0%B5%8D-%E0%B4%A1%E0%B4%BF-%E0%B4%B5%E0%B5%88-%E0%B4%8E%E0%B4%AB%E0%B5%8D-2/|website=suprabhaatham.com|access-date=11 May 2020}}</ref><ref name=":5">{{Cite web|title=ഡിവൈഎഫ്ഐ: മുഹമ്മദ് റിയാസ് പ്രസിഡന്റ് അവോയ് മുഖര്‍ജി ജനറല്‍ സെക്രട്ടറി|url=https://www.deshabhimani.com/news/kerala/muhammed-riyas-president-abhoy-mukherjee-general-secretary/621721|website=Deshabhimani|language=ml|access-date=11 May 2020}}</ref><ref name=":6" /> From 2010 to 2016 he worked in the state centre of DYFI Kerala committee. During this period, he held the office of State Vice President and later Joint Secretary of DYFI Kerala state committee.<ref name=":5" /> In 2016, he was elected as the All-India Joint Secretary of DYFI. In 2017, he became the All India President of DYFI.<ref name=":2" />

Riyas also joined the [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]] in 1993, where he was a district committee member for Kozhikode,<ref>{{Cite web|title=ജില്ലാ കമ്മിറ്റി അംഗങ്ങളെ തിരഞ്ഞെടുത്തു|url=https://www.doolnews.com/malayalam-necpim-selected-district-committe-members-malayalam-news436.html|last=DoolNews|website=DoolNews|access-date=11 May 2020}}</ref> as well as a state committee member.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Kodiyeri to continue; 10 new faces in CPM State Committee|url=https://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/kerala/kodiyeri-to-continue-10-new-faces-in-cpm-state-committee-thrissur-1.2629790|website=Mathrubhumi|language=en|access-date=10 May 2020}}</ref>

=== Electoral politics ===
During the [[2009 Indian general election]], Riyas was the [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]] candidate for [[Kozhikode (Lok Sabha constituency)|Kozhikode]].<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|title=2009 India General (15th Lok Sabha) Elections Results|url=https://www.elections.in/parliamentary-constituencies/2009-election-results.html|access-date=10 May 2020|website=www.elections.in}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite web|title=Indian Parliament Election Results 2009 (Lok Sabha polls 2009)- Kerala|url=http://keralaassembly.org/lok/sabha/poll_results.php4?year=2009&no=5|access-date=10 May 2020|website=keralaassembly.org}}</ref> [[M. K. Raghavan]] won the constituency with a margin of 838 votes over Riyas. Riyas contested the election result with a petition to the [[Kerala High Court]] alleging that Raghavan had published propaganda against him in print media.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=May 2016|title=Kerala's success in dummy candidate strategy and why VM Sudheeran still fears it|url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/keralas-success-dummy-candidate-strategy-and-why-vm-sudheeran-still-fears-it-42501|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=10 May 2020|website=www.thenewsminute.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Constituency Wise Detailed Result of 2009 Parliament Elections|url=https://eci.gov.in/files/file/2857-constituency-wise-detailed-result/|last=|first=|date=10 August 2018|website=Election Commission of India|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}</ref> The petition was dismissed on 17 May 2010.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Kerala High Court : Mohamed Riyas vs M.K.Raghavan on 6 January, 2010 (El.Pet..No. 6 of 2009)|url=https://indiankanoon.org/doc/161847449/|last=|first=|date=17 May 2010|website=Indian Kanoon|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}</ref>

{| class="sortable wikitable"
|- style="background:#ccc; text-align:center;"
! No. !! Year !! Constituency !! Winner !! Votes !! Political Party !! Percentage of Votes !! Runner-Up !! Votes !! Political Party !! Percentage of Votes || Margin
|- style="vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;"
| 1 || 2009 ||[[Kozhikode (Lok Sabha constituency)|Kozhikode]] || M. K. Raghavan || 342309 || [[Indian National Congress]] || || P. A. Mohammed Riyas || 341471 ||[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
|42.81%
|838
|-
|2
|2021
|[[Beypore (State Assembly constituency)|Beypore]]
|ADV..P A Muhammed Riyas
|82165
|Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|49.73
|Adv. P. M NIYAS
|53418
|Indian National Congress
|32.33
|28,747
|}
P A Muhammed Riyas won from the constituency Beypore on margin of 28,747 Votes in 2021 Kerala Assembly Elections.

=== Political views ===
Riyas has criticised and opposed the [[Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019|Citizenship (Amendment) Act 2019]] (CAA).<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=27 December 2019|title=Bindhu Ammini, woman who entered Sabarimala, detained during anti-CAA protest in Delhi|url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/bindhu-ammini-woman-who-entered-sabarimala-detained-during-anti-caa-protest-delhi-114883|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=10 May 2020|website=www.thenewsminute.com}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|title=Anti- CAA Protest Staged In Delhi's UP Bhavan Amidst Section 144CrPc{{!}} Mathrubhumi News|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PE8c1vAdjxc|language=en|access-date=10 May 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=സി.എ.എയ്‌ക്കെതിരെ മഹാരാഷ്ട്രയില്‍ ഡി.വൈ.എഫ്.ഐ മാര്‍ച്ച്; റിയാസടക്കമുള്ള നേതാക്കള്‍ തടവില്‍|url=https://www.doolnews.com/dyfi-youth-march-riyas-arrest-maharastra1200.html|website=DoolNews|language=ml|access-date=11 May 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=ദില്ലിയിൽ സംഘർഷം, പ്രമുഖർ കസ്റ്റഡിയിൽ; പൊലീസ് ആസ്ഥാനം ഉപരോധിക്കാൻ ജാമിയ സമര സമിതിയുടെ ആഹ്വാനം|url=https://www.asianetnews.com/india-news/anti-caa-protest-dyfi-president-muhammed-riyas-and-students-of-delhi-in-police-custody-q364cu|website=Asianet News Network Pvt Ltd|language=ml|access-date=10 May 2020}}</ref> He views the opposition against the CAA as a struggle for defending the [[Constitution of India]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Sudhi|first=K. s|date=2 December 2019|title=Religious slogans to take a back seat in anti-CAA campaign|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Thiruvananthapuram/religious-slogans-to-take-a-back-seat-in-anti-caa-campaign/article30373576.ece|access-date=10 May 2020|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> On 6 January 2020, he led a [[Citizenship Amendment Act protests|rally against the CAA]] with 100,000 people at Calicut Beach.<ref>{{Cite web|title=DFYI's anti-CAA march to reach Kozhikode beach, Kerala CM to address over 1 hundred people|url=https://www.aninews.in/news/national/politics/dfyis-anti-caa-march-to-reach-kozhikode-beach-kerala-cm-to-address-over-1-lakh-people20200106113411/|website=ANI News|language=en|access-date=10 May 2020}}</ref>

==References==
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