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| name | | name = K. K. Rema | ||
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| image | | image = | ||
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| constituency_AM | | constituency_AM = [[Vadakara (State Assembly constituency)|Vatakara]] | ||
| assembly | | assembly = Kerala Legislative | ||
| termstart | | termstart = 25 May 2021 | ||
| termend | | termend = | ||
| alma_mater | | alma_mater = | ||
| website | | website = | ||
| footnotes | | footnotes = | ||
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| birth_date | | birth_date = {{b-da|10 August 1970}} | ||
| | | party = [[Revolutionary Marxist Party of India]] | ||
| spouse | | spouse = [[T.P. Chandrasekharan]] | ||
| children | | children = Abhinand Chandrasekharan | ||
}} | }} | ||
'''K. K Rema''' | '''K. K. Rema''' (born 10 August 1970 in [[Naduvannur]]) is an activist-turned-politician associated with the [[Revolutionary Marxist Party of India]]. She is the widow of [[Revolutionary Marxist Party]] founder late [[T. P. Chandrasekharan]].<ref name="gn" /><ref>''Mathrubhumi''. ''[https://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/kerala/kk-rema-wins-from-vatakara-historic-victory-for-udf-kerala-1.5635467 KK Rema wins from Vatakara, historic victory for UDF]''</ref> She has contested from [[Vadakara (State Assembly constituency)|Vadakara constituency]] in Kerala during the state assembly elections of 2021 and won with a margin of 7491 votes.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/rmps-kk-rema-vadakara-win-honours-her-slain-husbands-legacy/articleshow/82428102.cms?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=TOI&fbclid=IwAR2JPtNKK4SWn4nBHJNAJKAGzP6QjuJck464FiwpZ-fY6wvK9evS9xOyb9U | title=She took revenge by defeating Left in its stronghold | publisher=[[The Times of India]] | work=Disney Tom | date=7 May 2021 | accessdate=7 May 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Jayanth|first=A. s|date=2021-05-02|title=Rema creates history in Vadakara|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/rema-creates-history-in-vadakara/article34465463.ece|access-date=2021-05-06|issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-05-02|title=RMP’s KK Rema wins from Vadakkara, dedicates victory to TP Chandrasekharan|url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/rmp-s-kk-rema-wins-vadakkara-dedicates-victory-tp-chandrasekharan-148186|access-date=2021-05-06|website=The News Minute|language=en}}</ref> | ||
== Personal life and education == | |||
Rema was born in [[Naduvannur]] village of [[Kozhikode district|Kozhikkode]] district in [[Kerala]] to K K Madhavan and Dakshayani Amma. She did her primary schooling from Kavumthara AUP School and completed pre-degree from [[Zamorin's Guruvayurappan College]], Calicut. Subsequently, she earned B.A. in History degree from [[Malabar Christian College]]. She managed to complete the Junior Diploma in Cooperation (JDC) while being actively part of the communist movement. Her marriage with. [[T. P. Chandrasekharan|T P Chandrasekharan]] was arranged within the party outlook which took place on 16 October 1994. Later on, she joined the Badakara Cooperative Rural Bank<ref>http://bcrbltd.com/</ref> and was serving as the branch manager while the state assembly polls of 2021 were due. | |||
== Political activism == | |||
She served as the state vice president of [[Students' Federation of India|SFI]] and was a state committee member in the 90s. Rema has been active in the local party activities in and around Vadakara, where she has been married off to till 2012. She has been a crusader against the murder politics and rape culture in Kerala and a strong voice in the struggles for women's' rights in the last decade. | |||
Her husband, [[T. P. Chandrasekharan|T P Chandrasekharan]] was killed on 4 May 2012 for being a vocal critique and a fighting force against the [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]]. Following her husband's martyrdom, she contested the Vadakara seat in the [[2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2016 Kerala Legislative assembly election]]<ref name="gn">''GulfNews''. ''[https://gulfnews.com/opinion/op-eds/kerala-elections-2021-candidate-watch-kk-rema-the-reluctant-candidate-out-to-avenge-her-husbands-murder-1.1617197821966 Kerala Elections 2021 Candidate Watch: KK Rema, the reluctant candidate out to avenge her husband's murder]''</ref> but she had to finish at third position with a vote share of more than 20000 votes. Considering the trend this is such a great margin in Kerala elections. | |||
Meanwhile, RMP and different political organisations in other states came together and established the [[Revolutionary Marxist Party of India]], which was registered with the election commission in 2017. In 2021, K K Rema faced the assembly elections from Vadakara constituency with the unconditional support extended by [[United Democratic Front (Kerala)|UDF]] and became the first [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]] of [[Revolutionary Marxist Party of India|RMPI]]. She is the first woman communist to win from the constituency. She is the sitting MLA from [[Vadakara (State Assembly constituency)|Vatakara]] Constituency in the [[2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Election Commission of India|url=https://results.eci.gov.in/Result2021/ConstituencywiseS1120.htm?ac=20|access-date=2021-05-02|website=results.eci.gov.in}}</ref> | |||
== References == | == References == | ||
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== External links == | |||
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MujefbcBpNk വടകരയെക്കുറിച്ചുള്ള സ്വപ്നങ്ങൾ പങ്കുവെച്ച് കെ കെ രമ] | |||
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMmlv_v9ajw Point Blank (Interviews) 2014 - Asking the right questions - K K Rema (Part 1)] | |||
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jI_afoRsSf4 Point Blank (Interviews) 2014 - Asking the right questions - K K Rema (Part 2)] | |||
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsmgIHxThfs Interview with K K Rema | Nethavinoppam | 30 Oct 2015] | |||
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ODCF_NzCHI ടി പി ചന്ദ്രശേഖരൻ വധം വീണ്ടും ചർച്ചയാകുന്നു | ജനകീയ കോടതി | കെ.കെ രമ] | |||
{{DEFAULTSORT:Rema, K. K.}} | |||
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[[Category:1970 births]] | |||
[[Category:Living people]] | |||