Kadannappalli Ramachandran
Kadannappalli Ramachandran is an Indian politician and President of Congress.Career
Ramachandran was the Minister for Devaswom in the Government of Kerala. During this period he represented the Edakkad constituency in Kannur district in the Kerala Legislative Assembly. He started his political career through KSU, the students' wing of INC. At the age of 26, Ramachandran contested the Indian General Elections in 1971 as INC candidate from Kasargod Lokasabha Constituency. His first opponent was the veteran leader Shri. E.K. Nayanar. At that time he was a student in Law Academy. He was re-elected gain from the same constituency in 1977. He was elected as LDF MLA from Irikkoor, Kannur Assembly constituency in 1980.Personal life
Ramachandran is married to T.R. Saraswathi, a teacher. They have a son, Mithun Puthanveettil, a musician in the band Avial.