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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
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| name       = K. M. Shaji <br/> കെ.എം. ഷാജി
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| office             = [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|Member]] of the [[Kerala Legislative Assembly]]
| office             = [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|Member]] of the [[Kerala Legislative Assembly]]
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| constituency      = [[Azhikode (State Assembly constituency)|Azhikode]]
| term_end           = 3 May 2021
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| predecessor         = M. Prakashan Master
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| successor           = [[ K. V. Sumesh]]
| predecessor       = M. Prakashan Master
| office2             = President of the Kerala Muslim Youth League
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| party              = [[Indian Union Muslim League]]
'''K. M. Shaji''' (born 22 December 1971) is an Indian politician belonging to the [[Indian Union Muslim League]]. He is the president of [[Muslim Youth League]] in [[Kerala]], a secretariat member of the League,<ref>{{cite web|title=Mr. K. M. Shaji, President, Kerala State Muslim Youth League addressing the gathering at Rajendra Maidan, Cochin|url=http://www.indianunionmuslimleague.in/content/mr-km-shaji-president-kerala-state-muslim-youth-league-addressing-gathering-rajendra-maidan-|publisher=Indian Union Muslim League|accessdate=23 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131224105733/http://www.indianunionmuslimleague.in/content/mr-km-shaji-president-kerala-state-muslim-youth-league-addressing-gathering-rajendra-maidan-|archive-date=24 December 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Kerala Legislative Assembly: IUML MLAs|url=http://www.indianunionmuslimleague.in/content/kerala-legislative-assembly-iuml-mlas|publisher=Indian Union Muslim League|accessdate=23 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131224100003/http://www.indianunionmuslimleague.in/content/kerala-legislative-assembly-iuml-mlas|archive-date=24 December 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Shri. K. M. Shaji|url=http://www.niyamasabha.org/codes/13kla/mem/k_m_shaji.htm|publisher=Kerala Legislative Assembly|accessdate=23 December 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Shaji elected MYL State president|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/shaji-elected-myl-state-president/article1858163.ece|accessdate=23 December 2013|newspaper=The Hindu|date=18 June 2007}}</ref> and the treasurer of the Muslim League parliamentary party.
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He was disqualified as an MLA by the [[Kerala High Court|High Court of Kerala]] on 9 November 2018 on allegations of communalizing the [[2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2016 assembly election]] held in the Azhikode assembly constituency,<ref>{{cite web|title=HC disqualifies Azhikode MLA KM Shaji|url=https://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/kerala/hc-disqualifies-azhikode-mla-km-shaji-1.3294643|publisher=Mathrubhumi English|accessdate=9 November 2018}}</ref> which was later stayed by the [[Supreme Court of India]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=SC stays KM Shaji's disqualification verdict|url=https://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/kerala/sc-stays-km-shaji-s-disqualification-verdict-1.3345427|access-date=2020-10-16|website=Mathrubhumi|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/kerala/sc-stays-km-shaji-s-disqualification-verdict-1.3345427|title=SC stays KM Shaji's disqualification verdict|website=Mathrubhumi|language=en|access-date=2019-11-25}}</ref>
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'''K. M. Shaji''' (born 22 December 1971) is an Indian politician belonging to the [[Indian Union Muslim League]], and a member of the [[Kerala Legislature]] representing [[Azhikode (State Assembly constituency)|Azhikode constituency]]. He is the president of [[Muslim Youth League]] in [[Kerala]], a secretariat member of the League,<ref>{{cite web|title=Mr. K. M. Shaji, President, Kerala State Muslim Youth League addressing the gathering at Rajendra Maidan, Cochin|url=http://www.indianunionmuslimleague.in/content/mr-km-shaji-president-kerala-state-muslim-youth-league-addressing-gathering-rajendra-maidan-|publisher=Indian Union Muslim League|accessdate=23 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131224105733/http://www.indianunionmuslimleague.in/content/mr-km-shaji-president-kerala-state-muslim-youth-league-addressing-gathering-rajendra-maidan-|archive-date=24 December 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Kerala Legislative Assembly: IUML MLAs|url=http://www.indianunionmuslimleague.in/content/kerala-legislative-assembly-iuml-mlas|publisher=Indian Union Muslim League|accessdate=23 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131224100003/http://www.indianunionmuslimleague.in/content/kerala-legislative-assembly-iuml-mlas|archive-date=24 December 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Shri. K. M. Shaji|url=http://www.niyamasabha.org/codes/13kla/mem/k_m_shaji.htm|publisher=Kerala Legislative Assembly|accessdate=23 December 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Shaji elected MYL State president|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/shaji-elected-myl-state-president/article1858163.ece|accessdate=23 December 2013|newspaper=The Hindu|date=18 June 2007}}</ref> and the treasurer of the Muslim League parliamentary party.
== Personal life ==
Son of Shri K.M. Beeran Kutty and Smt. P.C. Aysha Kutty; born at Kaniyambetta. He was married to Smt. Asha K.M and the couple have one daughter and two sons. He had done Pre-Degree and B.B.A. (not completed).<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Members - Kerala Legislature|url=http://www.niyamasabha.org/codes/members14kla.htm|access-date=2021-05-09|website=www.niyamasabha.org}}</ref>


He was disqualified as an MLA by the [[Kerala High Court|High Court of Kerala]] on 9 November 2018 on allegations of communalizing the [[2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2016 assembly election]] held in the Azhikode assembly constituency,<ref>{{cite web|title=HC disqualifies Azhikode MLA KM Shaji|url=https://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/kerala/hc-disqualifies-azhikode-mla-km-shaji-1.3294643|publisher=Mathrubhumi English|accessdate=9 November 2018}}</ref> which was later stayed by the [[Supreme Court of India]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=SC stays KM Shaji’s disqualification verdict|url=https://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/kerala/sc-stays-km-shaji-s-disqualification-verdict-1.3345427|access-date=2020-10-16|website=Mathrubhumi|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/kerala/sc-stays-km-shaji-s-disqualification-verdict-1.3345427|title=SC stays KM Shaji’s disqualification verdict|website=Mathrubhumi|language=en|access-date=2019-11-25}}</ref>
==Political career==
He was School leader of G.H.S. Kaniyambetta,  Chairman of Calicut University Union. He had been elected as  Vice President and President, Kaniyambetta Grama Panchayat. He was the secretary and president of State Youth League.<ref name=":0" />


==Early life==
He contested in the 2006 general assembly election from [[Eravipuram (State Assembly constituency)|Eravipuram constituency]] in [[Kollam]] and lost to [[A. A. Aziz]] of [[Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|RSP]].K M Shaji was Alleged on Plus Two Bribery Case.<ref>{{Cite news|others=Special Correspondent|date=2020-11-10|title=ED quizzes Shaji in Plus Two case|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/ed-quizzes-shaji-in-plus-two-case/article33069306.ece|access-date=2021-05-26|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> Later in 2021 Kerala Assembly Election he lost to K V Sumesh of the CPIM With a margin of 6141 votes.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.elections.in/kerala/assembly-constituencies/2006-election-results.html |title=Kerala Assembly Election - 2006 |publisher=Elections.in |accessdate=2019-01-07}}</ref> As of 2021, he is neither a MLA, nor a panchayath member.
He contested in the 2006 general assembly election from [[Eravipuram (State Assembly constituency)|Eravipuram constituency]] in [[Kollam]] and lost to [[A. A. Aziz]] of [[Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|RSP]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.elections.in/kerala/assembly-constituencies/2006-election-results.html |title=Kerala Assembly Election - 2006 |publisher=Elections.in |accessdate=2019-01-07}}</ref>


===Assembly election candidature history===
===Assembly election candidature history===
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== Vigilance Raid ==
The Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau (VACB) has seized Rs 50 lakh in a raid conducted on 12 April 2021, Monday at his house at Manal, near [[Azhikode (State Assembly constituency)|Azhikode]] in [[Kannur]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Vigilance seizes Rs 50 lakh from IUML MLA KM Shaji's house following raids|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/2021/apr/12/vigilance-seizes-rs-50-lakh-from-iuml-mla-km-shajis-house-following-raids-2289211.html|access-date=2021-05-26|website=The New Indian Express}}</ref>
The vigilance team conducted raids simultaneously at his houses at Kannur and Kozhikode for allegedly amassing assets disproportionate to his known sources of income. The raid was conducted by the vigilance team from Kozhikode.
A court here in November last had ordered a Vigilance probe against the Azhikode MLA on allegations that he amassed assets disproportionate to his known sources of income.
The court's direction came on a petition by the social worker and lawyer M R Hareesh alleging that Shaji had amassed wealth disproportionate to his known sources of income and had received funds from abroad, misusing his official powers.
The petitioner, who sought a direction to the Vigilance for a probe, also alleged that Shaji filed false details regarding his wealth in his election affidavit.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-03-24|title=Azhikode MLA KM Shaji accumulated assets illegally: Vigilance report|url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/azhikode-mla-km-shaji-accumulated-assets-illegally-vigilance-report-145807|access-date=2021-05-26|website=The News Minute|language=en}}</ref>
The MLA has properties in [[Wayanad district|Wayanad]], Kannur, and Kozhikode districts, worth a minimum of Rupees two crore, the complaint alleged.
The Enforcement Directorate had also registered a case in connection with the receipt of overseas funds by Shaji and had searched his residence in Chirakkal in Kannur late last year.
Shaji claims that, he made his fortune from ginger cultivation in [[Karnataka]] and Wayanad. Ginger cultivation was not included in the affidavit on property information as it was not fixed income. <ref>{{Cite web|title=Vakradrishti|url=https://tv.mathrubhumi.com/en/vakradrishti/shaji-s-ginger-cultivation-1.67034|access-date=2021-05-26|website=Mathrubhumi}}</ref>


==See also==
==See also==
* [[Indian Union Muslim League]]
* [[Indian Union Muslim League]]
* [[Muslim Youth League]]


==References ==
==References ==
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Latest revision as of 05:20, 18 December 2021


K. M. Shaji
കെ.എം. ഷാജി
Member of the Kerala Legislative Assembly
In office
1 June 2011 (2011-06-01) – 3 May 2021
Preceded byM. Prakashan Master
Succeeded byK. V. Sumesh
President of the Kerala Muslim Youth League
In office
2007 (2007) – 2011 (2011)
Preceded bySyed Sadiqali Shihab Thangal
Succeeded byAdv. P. M. Sadiqali
Member of the Kerala Legislative Assembly
Succeeded byK.V.Sumesh Communist Party of India (Marxist)
ConstituencyAzhikode
Personal details
Born (1971-12-22) 22 December 1971 (age 54)
Kaniyambetta, Kozhikode
(present day Wayanad), Kerala, India
NationalityIndian
Political partyIndian Union Muslim League
OccupationPolitician

K. M. Shaji (born 22 December 1971) is an Indian politician belonging to the Indian Union Muslim League. He is the president of Muslim Youth League in Kerala, a secretariat member of the League,[1][2][3][4] and the treasurer of the Muslim League parliamentary party.

He was disqualified as an MLA by the High Court of Kerala on 9 November 2018 on allegations of communalizing the 2016 assembly election held in the Azhikode assembly constituency,[5] which was later stayed by the Supreme Court of India.[6][7]

Personal life[edit | edit source]

Son of Shri K.M. Beeran Kutty and Smt. P.C. Aysha Kutty; born at Kaniyambetta. He was married to Smt. Asha K.M and the couple have one daughter and two sons. He had done Pre-Degree and B.B.A. (not completed).[8]

Political career[edit | edit source]

He was School leader of G.H.S. Kaniyambetta, Chairman of Calicut University Union. He had been elected as Vice President and President, Kaniyambetta Grama Panchayat. He was the secretary and president of State Youth League.[8]

He contested in the 2006 general assembly election from Eravipuram constituency in Kollam and lost to A. A. Aziz of RSP.K M Shaji was Alleged on Plus Two Bribery Case.[9] Later in 2021 Kerala Assembly Election he lost to K V Sumesh of the CPIM With a margin of 6141 votes.[10] As of 2021, he is neither a MLA, nor a panchayath member.

Assembly election candidature history[edit | edit source]

Year Constituency Opponent Result Margin
2006 Eravipuram A. A. Aziz (RSP) Lost 24,049[11]
2011 Azhikode M. Prakashan Master (CPI(M)) Won 493[12]
2016 Azhikode M. V. Nikesh Kumar (CPI(M)) Won 2,287[13]
2021 Azhikode K. V. Sumesh (CPI(M)) Lost 6,141[14]

Vigilance Raid[edit | edit source]

The Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau (VACB) has seized Rs 50 lakh in a raid conducted on 12 April 2021, Monday at his house at Manal, near Azhikode in Kannur.[15]

The vigilance team conducted raids simultaneously at his houses at Kannur and Kozhikode for allegedly amassing assets disproportionate to his known sources of income. The raid was conducted by the vigilance team from Kozhikode.

A court here in November last had ordered a Vigilance probe against the Azhikode MLA on allegations that he amassed assets disproportionate to his known sources of income.

The court's direction came on a petition by the social worker and lawyer M R Hareesh alleging that Shaji had amassed wealth disproportionate to his known sources of income and had received funds from abroad, misusing his official powers.

The petitioner, who sought a direction to the Vigilance for a probe, also alleged that Shaji filed false details regarding his wealth in his election affidavit.[16]

The MLA has properties in Wayanad, Kannur, and Kozhikode districts, worth a minimum of Rupees two crore, the complaint alleged.

The Enforcement Directorate had also registered a case in connection with the receipt of overseas funds by Shaji and had searched his residence in Chirakkal in Kannur late last year.

Shaji claims that, he made his fortune from ginger cultivation in Karnataka and Wayanad. Ginger cultivation was not included in the affidavit on property information as it was not fixed income. [17]

See also[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "Mr. K. M. Shaji, President, Kerala State Muslim Youth League addressing the gathering at Rajendra Maidan, Cochin". Indian Union Muslim League. Archived from the original on 24 December 2013. Retrieved 23 December 2013.
  2. ↑ "Kerala Legislative Assembly: IUML MLAs". Indian Union Muslim League. Archived from the original on 24 December 2013. Retrieved 23 December 2013.
  3. ↑ "Shri. K. M. Shaji". Kerala Legislative Assembly. Retrieved 23 December 2013.
  4. ↑ "Shaji elected MYL State president". The Hindu. 18 June 2007. Retrieved 23 December 2013.
  5. ↑ "HC disqualifies Azhikode MLA KM Shaji". Mathrubhumi English. Retrieved 9 November 2018.
  6. ↑ "SC stays KM Shaji's disqualification verdict". Mathrubhumi. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
  7. ↑ "SC stays KM Shaji's disqualification verdict". Mathrubhumi. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 "Members - Kerala Legislature". www.niyamasabha.org. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
  9. ↑ "ED quizzes Shaji in Plus Two case". The Hindu. Special Correspondent. 10 November 2020. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 26 May 2021.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  10. ↑ "Kerala Assembly Election - 2006". Elections.in. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
  11. ↑ "2006 - Kerala Election Results". Elections.in. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
  12. ↑ "2011 - Kerala Election Results". Elections.in. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
  13. ↑ "2016 - Kerala Election Results". Elections.in. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
  14. ↑ "2021 - Kerala Election Results". Elections.in. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
  15. ↑ "Vigilance seizes Rs 50 lakh from IUML MLA KM Shaji's house following raids". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
  16. ↑ "Azhikode MLA KM Shaji accumulated assets illegally: Vigilance report". The News Minute. 24 March 2021. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
  17. ↑ "Vakradrishti". Mathrubhumi. Retrieved 26 May 2021.


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