Shri. A.K BALAN C.P.I.(M) – Tarur (SC) Residence       :   0491-2527579   Office             :  0471-2512364 Mobile            :  9846361111 E-mail            :  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Profile :Son of Shri. Kelappan and Smt. Kunhi; born at Nadapuram on 3rd August 1948; B.A., LL.B.; Advocate; Social and Political Worker.

Entered politics through students’ movement; Was the Secretary and President of S.F.I. State Committee (1979-1982); Chairman, Thalassery Brennan College Union (1973-74); President, Palakkad District Council (1989-91); Chairman, K.S.F.E. (1996-2001); District President and Secretary, C.I.T.U., Palakkad; All India Executive Committee Member and State Vice-President, C.I.T.U.; State Secretariat Member, C.P.I.(M).  Elected to Parliament from Ottappalam (1980-85).  Was Member, Estimates Committee and Defence Consultation Committee; Minister for Welfare of Backward and Scheduled Communities and Electricity.

In 1972, led Kozhikode Thottakkad Excess Land Agitation and was imprisoned for 30 days in Kannur Central Jail; led the agitation for a University Centre in Thalasseri; led the struggle to resume the shift system in colleges and also to provide educational concessions to parallel college students; led the struggle for enhancing educational concessions to students belonging to Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes communities.

Previously elected to K.L.A. in 2001 and 2006.