Begin typing your search above and press return to search.
proflie-avatar
Login
exit_to_app
The smouldering of anger in Ladakh
access_time 29 March 2024 4:20 AM GMT
Democracy that banks on the electorate
access_time 28 March 2024 5:34 AM GMT
Lessons to learn from Moscow terror attack
access_time 27 March 2024 6:10 AM GMT
Gaza
access_time 26 March 2024 4:34 AM GMT
The poison is not in words, but inside
access_time 25 March 2024 5:42 AM GMT
DEEP READ
Schools breeding hatred
access_time 14 Sep 2023 10:37 AM GMT
Ukraine
access_time 16 Aug 2023 5:46 AM GMT
Ramadan: Its essence and lessons
access_time 13 March 2024 9:24 AM GMT
When ‘Jai Sree Ram’ becomes a death call
access_time 15 Feb 2024 9:54 AM GMT
exit_to_app
Homechevron_rightKeralachevron_rightM.M Mani takes oath as...

M.M Mani takes oath as minister in Pinarayi cabinet

text_fields
bookmark_border
M.M Mani takes oath as minister in Pinarayi cabinet
cancel

Thiruvananthapuram: The nearly six-month-old CPI-M-led LDF government in Kerala led by Pinarayi Vijayan Tuesday inducted CPI-M secretariat member M M Mani into the cabinet.

Mani was administered the oath of office and secrecy by Kerala Governor Justice (Retd) P Sathasivam at a simple ceremony at the Raj Bhavan here.

A first time MLA, 70-year-old Mundakkal Madhavan Mani rose from humble beginnings and went on to become the undisputed leader of the trade union movement in Idukki for decades.

Born at Kidangur in Kottayam district on December 12, 1944, Mani came to Idukki along with his parents.

It was a struggle for the family and young Mani was forced to discontinue his studies and work as a labourer to help his family.

He functioned as CPI(M)'s Idukki district secretary for over two decades.

Mani's induction in the cabinet was to fill the vacancy left by E P Jayarajan, who resigned from the cabinet following allegations of nepotism after he appointed his close relatives to top positions of state PSUs.

Jayarajan was conspicuous by his absence at today's function.

Mani's close family members and scores of people from his home district of Idukki had come to the state capital to witness the swearing in ceremony.

The Marxist party had on Sunday recommended induction of Mani in the state cabinet.

A popular leader, Mani was instrumental in setting up trade union movements in many plantations to enable workers get their just dues.

He had stirred controversy by his 'one, two, three' speech in 2015 in which he publicly stated that CPI(M) had often eliminated its political foes in Idukki district in the 1980s, following which police registered a case against him for murder and other charges.

Mani was arrested in November 2012 in connection with the case registered for murder of Anchery Baby, a Youth Congress leader, who was shot dead on November 13, 1982.

Show Full Article
Next Story