C. K. Chandrappan


Cheerapanchira Kuntirishery Chandrappan was a politician from Kerala, India. He was associated with Communist Party of India. He was a member of the Lok Sabha of India representing the Thalassery from 1971 to 1977, Kannur from 1977 to 1980 and Thrissur from 2004 to 2009. Chandrappan served as MLA from 1991 to 1996 representing Chertala, Kerala.

Early life

C. K. Chandrappan was born in Alleppey, to Ammukutty and politician C. K. Kumara Panicker of the Kuntirishery family, a Vayalar tributary of the wealthy Cheerappanchira family in Muhamma, Alappuzha. Kumara Panicker was one of the frontline fighters in the legendary Punnapra-Vayalar uprising.

Early political career

Chandrappan started his political life when he was a member of leftist youth federations in the 1970s. He took part in the Goa liberation movement and was jailed as a political prisoner on various occasions in Delhi, Calcutta and Trivandrum.

Right to recall proposed bills for MP and MLA

Constitution Bill about Voter's right to recall elected representatives was introduced in Lok Sabha by C. K. Chandrappan in 1974 and Atal Bihari Vajpayee had supported this but the bill did not pass.

Personal life and death

He married Bulu Roy Chowdhury in 1978. C. K. Chandrappan died in Thiruvananthapuram on 22 March 2012 at the age of 76, due to cancer.