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{{ | {{short description|Businessman politician}} | ||
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2019}} | |||
{{Use Indian English|date=December 2019}} | |||
{{Infobox officeholder | |||
| name = Thomas Chandy | |||
| image = Thomas chandy.jpg | |||
| office = Minister for Transport, [[Government of Kerala]] | |||
| term_start = {{Start date|2017|04|01|df=yes}} | |||
| term_end = {{End date|2017|11|15|df=yes}} | |||
| predecessor = [[A. K. Saseendran]] | |||
| successor = A. K. Saseendran | |||
| office2 = [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|Member]] of the [[Kerala Legislative Assembly]] | |||
| term_start2 = {{Start date|2006||}} | |||
| term_end2 = {{End date|2019|12|20|df=yes}} | |||
| predecessor2 = | |||
| successor2 = | |||
| constituency2 = [[Kuttanad (State Assembly constituency)|Kuttanad]] | |||
| party = [[Nationalist Congress Party]] | |||
| spouse = Mercy Chandy | |||
| children = 3 | |||
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1947|10|29}} | |||
| birth_place = [[Chennamkary]], [[Travancore|Kingdom of Travancore]], [[Dominion of India]]<br>(present day [[Alappuzha district|Alappuzha]], [[Kerala]], India) | |||
| nationality = [[Indian people|Indian]] | |||
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2019|12|20|1947|10|29}} | |||
| death_place = [[Kadavanthra]], [[Kochi]], [[Kerala]], India | |||
| website = {{URL|www.thomaschandy.com}} | |||
| native_name = തോമസ ചാണടി | |||
| native_name_lang = | |||
}} | |||
'''Thomas Chandy''' (29 October 1947 – 20 December 2019)<ref>{{cite web | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kochi/former-kerala-minister-thomas-chandy-passes-away/articleshow/72902843.cms | title=Former Kerala minister Thomas Chandy passes away | work=[[The Times of India]] | date=20 December 2019 | accessdate=22 December 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/2019/dec/21/from-kuttanad-to-kuwait-the-rise-of-thomas-chandy-2078949.html | title=From Kuttanad to Kuwait: The rise of Thomas Chandy | publisher=New Indian Express | date=21 December 2019 | accessdate=22 December 2019}}</ref> ([[Malayalam]]: തോമസ ചാണടി) was an Indian businessman and politician. He was a [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|member]] of the [[Kerala Legislative Assembly]] from the [[Kuttanad (State Assembly constituency)|Kuttanad constituency]], the transport minister of the state of [[Kerala]], and president of the [[Nationalist Congress Party]] in Kerala. He resigned from the minister's office on 15 November 2017 after an allegation regarding his resort in [[Alappuzha]] arose. He died in [[Kochi]] on 20 December 2019 after a battle with [[cancer]]. | |||
'''Thomas Chandy''' (29 October 1947 – 20 December 2019) was an Indian businessman and politician. He was | |||
Chandy | == Personal life == | ||
Thomas Chandy was born on 29 October 1947, one of the sons of V. C. Thomas and Aleyamma Thomas at [[Chennamkary]]. He was educated Devamatha High School in [[Chennamkary]], St. Mary's HS Kainakary<ref>{{Cite web|title=പിണറായിയടെ പതിയ മനതരി ഇനതയൻ സകളിൽ നിനനം ലകഷങങൾ അടിചച മാററിയതിന കവൈറ...|url=https://www.marunadanmalayalee.com/news/special-report/thomas-chandy-69681|access-date=2021-11-01|website=www.marunadanmalayalee.com}}</ref> and at Leo XIII English Medium School in [[Alappuzha]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=ഡെസക|first=വെബ|date=2017-04-01|title=തോമസ ചാണടികക ഇത നിയോഗം {{!}} Madhyamam|url=https://www.madhyamam.com/politics/thomas-chandi/2017/apr/01/254972|access-date=2021-11-01|website=www.madhyamam.com|language=ml}}</ref> He had a diploma in Telecommunication Engineering from the Institute of Engineering Technology, Alleppey.<ref name=Affidavit>{{cite web|title=Affidavit - 2011 Elections|url=http://www.ceo.kerala.gov.in/pdf/affidavit/GE2011/106_2.pdf|publisher=Election Commission, Kerala|accessdate=23 July 2013|date=25 March 2011}}</ref> He was married to Mercy Chandy<ref>{{cite web|title=Thomas Chandy|url=http://www.kerala.gov.in/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4029&Itemid=2608|work=Member Profile|publisher=Government of Kerala|accessdate=23 July 2013}}</ref> | |||
==References== | ===Death=== | ||
{{ | Chandy died from cancer on 20 December 2019, at age 72.<ref name=DeathNews>{{cite web|title=Former Minister Thomas Chandy Passed Away|url=https://www.manoramaonline.com/news/latest-news/2019/12/20/thomas-chandy-passed-away.html|publisher=Manorama Online, Kerala|accessdate=20 December 2019|date=20 December 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.manoramaonline.com/news/latest-news/2019/12/20/thomas-chandy-passed-away.html|title=എനസിപി സംസഥാന പരസിഡനറം മന മനതരിയമായ തോമസ ചാണടി അനതരിചച|website=ManoramaOnline|language=ml|access-date=20 December 2019}}</ref> | ||
== Political career == | |||
He started his political career in the [[Kerala Students Union|KSU]] and was later selected as the President of the KSU and Youth Congress in Kuttanad, in 1970. After re-entering politics actively, he aligned himself with the [[Democratic Indira Congress (Karunakaran)|DIC(K)]] of which he was the lone MLA as a part of the [[United Democratic Front (India)|UDF]] in the 2006 elections,<ref>{{cite web|title=Thomas Chandy defends his stance|url=http://www.hindu.com/2006/11/15/stories/2006111512540400.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071128014547/http://www.hindu.com/2006/11/15/stories/2006111512540400.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=28 November 2007|accessdate=23 July 2013|author=Staff Reporter|location=Kerala|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=15 November 2006}}</ref> which later merged with the [[Nationalist Congress Party|NCP]] and then aligned with the [[Left Democratic Front (Kerala)|LDF]] for the 2011 elections. Based on the declaration of assets filed at the time of the elections,<ref>{{cite web|title=Affidavit 2016 Election| url=http://docs2.myneta.info/affidavits/ews3kerala2016/667/THOMAS%20CHANDY%20(2).PDF}}</ref> he was the richest MLA in the Assembly with assets of over 920 million Indian rupees.<ref>{{cite web|title=Thomas Chandy|url=http://myneta.info/kerala2016/candidate.php?candidate_id=667|work=Myneta.info-National Election Watch|publisher=Association for Democratic Reforms|accessdate=16 August 2016|year=2016}}</ref> | |||
{| class="wikitable" id="toc" : left; margin-left: 2em; width: 40%; font-size: 90%;"cellspacing="3" | |||
!colspan="4"|'''Election Victories''' | |||
|- | |||
|'''Year'''||'''Closest rival'''||'''Votes polled''' | |||
|- | |||
|2006||Dr. KC Joseph KEC<ref>{{cite web|title=Kerala Assembly Election 2006 Kuttanad|url=http://empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=83&cid=102|publisher=Empowering India|accessdate=23 July 2013}}</ref> ||42,109 | |||
|- | |||
|2011||Dr. KC Joseph (KEC-M)<ref>{{cite web|title=Kerala Assembly Election 2011 Kuttanad|url=http://empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=738&cid=106|publisher=Empowering India|accessdate=23 July 2013}}</ref> ||60,010 | |||
|- | |||
|2016||Jacob Abraham (KC-M) ||50,114 | |||
|} | |||
== Business career == | |||
Chandy had interests in the fields of education and hospitality among others. He was the Chairman of the United Indian School,<ref>{{cite web|title=Chairman's Message|url=http://www.uiskwt.com/chairman_message.html#menu_box|publisher=United Indian School Kuwait|accessdate=23 July 2013}}</ref> an Indian public school, and Indian Central School<ref>{{cite web|title=Indian Central School celebrates 15th annual day|url=http://www.indiansinkuwait.com/ShowArticle.aspx?ID=4989&SECTION=9|publisher=Indians in Kuwait|accessdate=23 July 2013|date=5 February 2010}}</ref> in [[Kuwait]]. He also ran Al-Alia International Indian School in [[Riyadh]], [[Saudi Arabia]].<ref>{{cite web|title=NRI granted license to open school in Riyadh|url=http://www.arabnews.com/node/227466|publisher=Arab News|accessdate=23 July 2013|author=JAVID HASSAN|date=13 January 2013}}</ref> Chandy also owned a controlling interest in the Lake Palace Resort, located on the [[Vembanad|Punamada Lake]] in Kerala.<ref>{{cite web|title=Lake Palace Resort|url=http://keralatravelmart.org/content/lake-palace-resort-alleppey-alleppey|work=Kerala Travel Mart|publisher=Kerala Travel Mart Society|accessdate=23 July 2013|location=Alapuzha|year=2012}}</ref> | |||
== Allegations == | |||
A media report alleged that Chandy did not declare his true property value in the affidavit submitted to the [[Election Commission of India]]. He was accused of encroachment on Punnamada Lake at his resort in Alappuzha by keeping buoys afloat. It was later found by the District Collector that he had attained the necessary permissions from the government authorities in the state to keep the buoys afloat to keep waste away from the resort. It was also found that no one had complained about mobility rights within the buoy area over the years.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/in-other-news/270917/thomas-chandy-gets-more-time-to-file-documents.html|title=Thomas Chandy gets more time to file documents|date=27 September 2017|work=deccanchronicle.com/|access-date=11 October 2017|language=en}}</ref> | |||
An allegation was raised against Chandy in October 2017 that he constructed a resort and a road to it illegally by filling in a water channel and paddy field in the ecologically fragile lower Kuttanad region. Initial reports from the district administration went against him and, as of August 2018, the probe was still going on.{{update inline|date=August 2019}} | |||
== Social activism == | |||
He was a social worker both in Kuwait and Kerala. In Kuwait, he was involved with a waste disposal and cleanup campaign in a suburb mainly inhabited by expatriates from Kerala.<ref>{{cite news|title=Chandy Providing Full Financial Support For Garbage Disposal Campaign|url=http://www.arabtimesonline.com/NewsDetails/tabid/96/smid/414/ArticleID/191077/reftab/69/Default.aspx|accessdate=23 July 2013|newspaper=Arab Times|date=15 December 2012|author=Valiya S. Sajjad|location=Kuwait}}</ref> He also intervened in the case of Indian nurses who were duped in a job racket which promised them jobs in government hospitals in Kuwait.<ref>{{cite news|title=Indian Nurses duped by job racket in Kuwait|url=http://issuu.com/kuwaitnews/docs/20130303|accessdate=23 July 2013|newspaper=Kuwait Times|date=3 March 2013|author=Sajeev K Peter|location=Kuwait|page=3}}</ref> | |||
Chandy was the chairman of the Daveedputhra Charitable Society, which has been involved in building houses and providing sanitation facilities, health care and educational assistance, and other services.<ref>{{cite web|title=Daveedhputhra Charitable Society|url=http://thomaschandy.com/daveethputhra_charitabel_society.html|work=Thomas Chandy.com|publisher=Thomas Chandy|accessdate=23 July 2013|language=Malayalam}}</ref> | |||
== References == | |||
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{{Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}} | |||
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[[Category: | [[Category:Kerala MLAs 2016–2021]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:Nationalist Congress Party politicians from Kerala]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:Deaths from cancer in India]] | ||
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