Chittayam Gopakumar is the new Deputy Speaker of Kerala Assembly
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Chittayam Gopakumar, CPI legislator representing Adoor constituency in Pathanamthitta, was elected unopposed as the Deputy Speaker of the fifteenth Kerala Legislative Assembly.
Assembly Speaker M.B. Rajesh made the announcement in the Assembly on Tuesday as the Congress-led United Democratic Front determined to not discipline any candidate for the submit. Left Democratic Front (LDF) had fielded Mr. Gopakumar for the submit and he had filed the nomination on Monday. The elections had been scheduled from 11 a.m. on June 1.
Mr. Gopakumar succeeds V. Sasi, additionally from CPI, who was the Deputy Speaker of the 14th Kerala Legislative Assembly. He is the eight Deputy Speaker to be elected unopposed in the historical past of the Kerala Assembly.
Mr. Gopakumar, 55, was elected from Adoor Assembly constituency in the April 6 elections and had been a legislator since 2011 representing the similar constituency. A member of the CPI State council, he made his political entry by way of All Indian Students’ Federation (AISF), the college students’ wing of the CPI.
He later turned the AISF State committee member. He served as the Kollam district secretary of the All Indian Trade Union Congress (AITUC), the labour wing of the CPI, and Karshaka Thozhilali Union. He was additionally the chairman of Kerala Agriculture Workers’ Welfare Fund Board and president of Kottarakkara grama panchayat.
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