A. P. Abdullakutty

AP Abdullakutty (born 1967) is an Indian politician. He is the Acting-President and Vice-President of Bharatiya Janata Party in Kerala. He is also a former Loksabha MP and MLA from Kerala.

AP Abdullakutty
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office
1999–2009
Preceded byMullappally Ramachandran
Succeeded byK. Sudhakaran
ConstituencyKannur
MLA
In office
2009–2016
ConstituencyKannur
Personal details
Born (1967-05-08) 8 May 1967[1]
Kannur, Keralam[1]
Political partyCommunist Party of India (Marxist) (till 2009)
Indian National Congress (2009–2019) Bharathiya Janata Party (2019–Present)
Spouse(s)Dr. V. N. Rosina (2000 - present)[1]
ChildrenAman and Tamanna
ResidenceKannur
Alma materS. N. College, Kannur[1]
Websitewww.facebook.com/abdullakuttyofficial/
As of 2 January, 2017
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He was a member of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) from 1990s and was one of the youngest MP of the country during that time. In 2008,[2] he praised Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi for attracting private investment to Gujarat,[3][4] and was expelled from CPI(M) in 2009.[5] He subsequently joined Indian National Congress.[5] He represented the Kannur Lok Sabha constituency of Kerala in the 13th and 14th Lok Sabha (two terms) and was a Member of Kerala Legislative Assembly from 2009 to 2016 (two terms).

During May 2019, in a Facebook post, Abdullakutty praised some of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's schemes, such as the Swachh Bharat Mission (cleanliness drive), and the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana for free LPG connection.[6] He added that the "NDA's victory was an acceptance of Prime Minister Modi's development agenda and the secret of his success was that he adopted Gandhian values",[6] and further stated that "Through 'Swacchhta Bharat' PM gave toilets to 9.26 crore families also gave free LPG connections to six crore families." After Abdullakutty's favorable appraisal of the prime minister, he was expelled from his party, the Indian National Congress (INC) in June 2019.

After a meeting with Modi and BJP President Mr Amit Shah on 24 June 2019, Abdullakutty was invited to join the BJP, and he formally joined BJP on 26 June 2019. Abdullakutty received the BJP membership from party working president Mr. J.P. Nadda, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Mr.V. Muraleedharan, Mr. Dharmendra Pradhan, Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas and Minister of Steel, Mr. Bhupender Yadav Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha and National General Secretary of the BJP, Mr. Rajeev Chandrasekhar, MP (Upper house) and the vice-chairman of the Kerala wing of Bharatiya Janata Party-led coalition National Democratic Alliance (NDA) was among those present to greet him.

Political life

A leader of Students' Federation of India during his college days, Abdullakutty became the General Secretary of Calicut University Student's Union in 1989. He served as Member of the Kannur District Panchayat from 1995 to 1999. He was elected to Parliament from Kannur Lok Sabha constituency twice (1999–2009). On 17 January 2009, CPI(M) Mayyil Area committee suspended Abdullakutty from the party for one year for praising Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi's development model.[7]

With Congress, he was involved in the 2013 Kerala solar panel scam, and Saritha S Nair filed case against him with rape charges.[8]

References
  • Nazeer, Mohamed (9 March 2009). "Abdullakutty's expulsion triggers speculation". The Hindu.
  1. "ABDULLAKUTTY, SHRI A.P." Biographical Sketch Member of Parliament 14th Lok Sabha. Archived from the original on 23 June 2006.
  2. "CPI-M MP calls Modi's development initiatives praiseworthy". ZeeNews.com. 16 January 2009. Archived from the original on 24 May 2011.
  3. "Now, Abdullakutty hails Modi, wants Kerala to follow his example". Indian Express. 30 December 2008.
  4. "Abdullakutty finds out CPM is not India Inc". The Economic Times. 15 January 2009. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
  5. "A P Abdullakutty to join BJP". Keralakaumudi Daily. 4 June 2019. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
  6. "Congress expels Abdullakutty for praising PM Modi". The Times of India. 3 June 2009. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
  7. "CPM suspends MP Abdullakutty for praising Modi". IBNLive. 17 January 2009.
  8. Binduraj, J. (11 March 2014). "FIR filed against Kannur MLA based on rape charges by Saritha S Nair". India Today. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
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