22 Facts About Varkala Radhakrishnan

Varkala V Radhakrishnan was an Indian politician and member of the 14th Lok Sabha.

Varkala Radhakrishnan served as the speaker of Kerala Legislative Assembly.

Varkala Radhakrishnan represented the Chirayinkil constituency of Kerala and was a member of the Communist Party of India political party.

Varkala Radhakrishnan represented the Varkala assembly constituency for five consecutive terms in Niyamasabha.

Varkala Radhakrishnan's maternal grandfather, Manampur Govindan Asan, was a well known Sanskrit Scholar and contemporary of Sri Narayana Guru, the great social reformer who lived in Kerala during the 19th Century.

Varkala Radhakrishnan was married to Saudamini in 1957, a college lecturer in history at the time who later on became the Professor and Head of the Department of History at the Maharaja's College for Women in Trivandrum.

Varkala Radhakrishnan joined the Communist Movement by becoming a member of the Communist Party of India during the 1940s.

Varkala Radhakrishnan became the president of the Varkala Panchayat in 1957, when the first democratically elected Communist Government took office in Kerala State.

Varkala Radhakrishnan set up a brilliant practice for himself at the Trivandrum Bar in Criminal Law and was one of the most sought after lawyers of the time.

Varkala Radhakrishnan continued his political activities along with his legal career and contested various elections as a candidate of the Communist Party of India with whom he was associated ever since the party was formed in 1964.

Varkala Radhakrishnan contested the State Assembly elections in 1960,1965,1970 and 1977 and lost.

Varkala Radhakrishnan lost the Parliamentary Elections in 1971 from Chirayinkil Constituency in Kerala.

Varkala Radhakrishnan was re-elected from the same constituency in 1982,1987 and 1991.

Varkala Radhakrishnan was known for his impartiality as a Speaker and had on several occasions chided the Government and its ministers in the Assembly during its sessions for their shortcomings in respect of legislative conduct in the Assembly.

Varkala Radhakrishnan was an expert in constitutional matters and his comments were always sought by the media with regard to interpretation of provisions of Indian Constitution.

Varkala Radhakrishnan was re-elected from the same constituency in 1998 and 2004 as well, thereby serving as an MP for 12 years.

Varkala Radhakrishnan toured the country extensively in pursuance of his parliamentary committee work.

Varkala Radhakrishnan was a member of Panel of chairmen in the Lok Sabha who are called upon to regulate the proceedings in the absence of the Speaker and Deputy Speaker.

Varkala Radhakrishnan did not contest the elections in 2009 to the Lok Sabha, but continued to be actively involved in politics until his death.

Varkala Radhakrishnan was a District Committee Member of the CPI and was President of All India Lawyers' Union and a farmers' organisation affiliated to the party.

Varkala Radhakrishnan died on 26 April 2010 aged 82, battling injuries he suffered in a road accident when he was on his regular morning walk four days earlier.

Varkala Radhakrishnan was cremated at his ancestral home at Varkala.