M. P. Veerendra Kumar

M. P. Veerendra Kumar
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
Constituency	Kerala
In office 23 March 2018 (2018-03-23) – 28 May 2020 (2020-05-28)
Succeeded by	M. V. Shreyams Kumar
In office 3 April 2016 (2016-04-03) – 20 December 2017 (2017-12-20)
Preceded by	T. N. Seema
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office 2004 (2004) – 2009 (2009)
Preceded by	K. Muraleedharan
Succeeded by	M. K. Raghavan
Constituency	Kozhikode
In office 1996 (1996) – 1998 (1998)
Preceded by	K. Muraleedharan
Succeeded by	P. Sankaran
Constituency	Kozhikode
Personal details
Born	(1937-08-15)15 August 1937 Wayanad, Kerala, India
Died	28 May 2020(2020-05-28) (aged 82) Kozhikode, Kerala, India
Nationality	Indian
Political party	Loktantrik Janata Dal (from 24 March 2018)
Other political affiliations	Janata Dal (United) (till 20 December 2017), Socialist Janata (Democratic), Janata Dal (Secular)
Parent(s)	M. K. Padmaprabha Goudar Marudevi Avva
Alma mater	Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda College, Chennai (Master of Philosophy) University of Cincinnati, Ohio (Master of Business Administration)
As of 23 September, 2006 Source: [1]

Maniyankode Padmaprabha Veerendra Kumar (15 August 1937 — 28 May 2020) was an Indian politician, writer and journalist, who was a member of the 14th Lok Sabha. He was a member of the Loktantrik Janata Dal political party and president of the Kerala state branch of the party. He was also the chairman and managing director of the Malayalam daily newspaper Mathrubhumi.

Life

Veerendra Kumar was born on 15 August 1937 to Marudevi Avva and M. K. Padmaprabha Goudar, a leader of Socialist Party and former MLA, in Kalpetta. The eldest of their eight children, he had six younger sisters and a younger brother. After schooling in Kalpetta and Kozhikode, he did his master's in philosophy from the Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda College.

As a politician, he was treasurer and a national committee member of the former Samyukta Socialist Party, state secretary of the Kerala Unit of the Socialist Party, one of the all India secretaries of the former Socialist Party, convener of the Opposition Co-ordination Committee in Kerala, vice president of the former Janata Party, and its president. He was arrested during The Emergency. From 1987–91 he was a member of the Kerala Legislative Assembly. Later, in 1996 he was elected to the Lok Sabha, lower house of the Parliament of India from Kozhikode constituency and functioned as Minister of state for Labour and later Finance.

He died on 28 May 2020 due to cardiac arrest at Kozhikode in Kerala. he is jain by religion

Publications

His works as an author include:

• Samanwayathinte Vasantham
• Buddhante Chiri
• Gattum Kanacharadukalum
• Atmavilekkoru Theerthayathra
• Prathibhayute Verukal Thedi
• Changampuzha: Vidhiyute Vettamrigam
• Thirinjhunokkumbol
• Lokavyapara Samkhadanayum Oorakkudukkukalum (Gattinu Seshamulla Oranweshanam)
• Roshathinte Vithukal
• Adhinivesathinte Adiyozhukukal
• Hymavathabhoovil
• Ramantedhukkam
• Vivekanandan: Sanyasiyum Manushyanum

Awards

• V. R. Krishnan Ezhuthachan Janmasadabdi Award (2009)
• Kendra Sahitya Academy Award (2010) - for Haimavatha bhoovil

References

Lok Sabha
Preceded by K. Muraleedharan	Member of Parliament for Kozhikode 1996 – 1998	Succeeded by P. Sankaran
Preceded by K. Muraleedharan	Member of Parliament for Kozhikode 2004 - 2009	Succeeded by M. K. Raghavan

External links

• www.mpveerendrakumar.in