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M. P. Veerendra Kumar

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Maniyankode Padmaprabha Veerendra Kumar (15 August 1937 — 28 May 2020) was an Indian politician, writer and journalist, Former Union Minister of state for Finance in Devegowda Ministry and Union Minister of state for Labour and Employment (Independent charge ), Parliamentary Affairs, Urban Development in Gujral Ministry. He was as a Member of Parliament in Rajya Sabha and Representing the state of Kerala and member of the 14th Lok Sabha. During the period of 1987 Virendra kumar elected member of Kerala Legislative Assembly from Kalpetta Constituency. He was a member of the Loktantrik Janata Dal political party and president of the Kerala state branch of the party. He was also the chairman and managing director of the Malayalam daily newspaper Mathrubhumi.

M. P. Veerendra Kumar
Minister of State for Finance,
Government of India
In office
21 February 1997 – 09 June 1997
President
Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma
H. D. Devegowda
Preceded byP. Chidambaram
Succeeded bySatpal Maharaj
Minister of state for Labour and Employment (Independent charge), Urban Development, Parliamentary Affairs,
Government of India
In office
10 June 1997 – 19 March 1998
I. K. Gujral
Preceded byS. R. Balasubramaniam
Succeeded byRam Naik
Minister of Forest ,
Government of Kerala
In office
1987–1987
E. K. Nayanar
Preceded byK. P. Nooruddin
Succeeded byPinarayi Vijayan
ConstituencyKalpetta
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
In office
2016–2020
Narendra Modi
Preceded byHimself
Succeeded byM. V. Shreyams Kumar
ConstituencyKerala
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office
05 May 2004 – 05 May 2009
Dr. Manmohan Singh
Preceded byK. Muraleedharan
Succeeded byM. K. Raghavan
In office
10 May 1996 (1996-05-10) – 3 March 1998 (1998-03-03)
Preceded byK. Muraleedharan
Succeeded byK. Muraleedharan
ConstituencyKozhikode
Member of Legislative Assembly, Kerala
In office
1987–1991
E. K. Nayanar
Preceded byM. Kamalam
Succeeded byK. K. Ramachandran
ConstituencyKalpetta
President of Loktantrik Janata Dal Kerala state
In office
2016–2020
Preceded byPosition Created
Succeeded byPosition Abolished, Merged to RJD
Personal details
Born(1937-08-15)15 August 1937 [1]
Kalpetta,Wayanad, Kerala, India
Died28 May 2020(2020-05-28) (aged 83) [2]
Kozhikode, Kerala, India
PartyLoktantrik Janata Dal
(from 24 March 2018)
Other political
affiliations
Janata Dal (United)
(till 20 December 2017),
Socialist Janata (Democratic),
Janata Dal (Secular)
Parents
  • M. K. Padmaprabha Goudar
  • Marudevi Avva
As of 23 September, 2006
Source:

Life

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Veerendra Kumar was born on 22 July 1936 to Marudevi Avva and M. K. Padmaprabha Goudar, a leader of Socialist Party and former MLA, in Kalpetta. Veerendra Kumar belonged to a family with deep roots in the Jain community of Kerala.[3] The eldest of their eight children, he had six younger sisters and a younger brother. After schooling in Kalpetta and Kozhikode, he did his master's in philosophy from the Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda College.

As a politician, he was treasurer and a national committee member of the former Samyukta Socialist Party, state secretary of the Kerala Unit of the Socialist Party, one of the all India secretaries of the former Socialist Party, convener of the Opposition Co-ordination Committee in Kerala, vice president of the former Janata Party, and its president. He was arrested during The Emergency. From 1987–91 he was a member of the Kerala Legislative Assembly. Later, in 1996 he was elected to the Lok Sabha, lower house of the Parliament of India from Kozhikode constituency and served as Union Minister of State for Finance in Deve Gowde Ministry from 21 February 1997 to 7 June 1997. He also served as Union Minister for Labour (Independent charge) with additional charges as Minister of State, Urban Affairs & Employment (Independent charges) and Parliamentary Affairs in I.K.Gujral Ministry from 10 June 1997 to March.

He died on 28 May 2020 due to cardiac arrest at Kozhikode in Kerala.[4] He was aged 83 when he died, and was suffering from many age-related illnesses. He was cremated with full state honours at the premises of his ancestral home in Kalpetta. He is survived by his daughters Asha, Nisha and Jayalakshmi, son M.V. Sreyamskumar (Also a politician, currently serving as the Managing Director of Mathrubhumi), and many grandchildren. Usha Veerandrakumar, his wife, too outlived for two years, dying on 28 October 2022.

Publications

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His works as an author include:

  • Samanwayathinte Vasantham
  • Buddhante Chiri
  • Gattum Kanacharadukalum
  • Atmavilekkoru Theerthayathra
  • Prathibhayute Verukal Thedi
  • Changampuzha: Vidhiyute Vettamrigam
  • Thirinjhunokkumbol
  • Lokavyapara Samkhadanayum Oorakkudukkukalum (Gattinu Seshamulla Oranweshanam)
  • Roshathinte Vithukal
  • Adhinivesathinte Adiyozhukukal
  • Hymavathabhoovil
  • Ramantedhukkam
  • Vivekanandan: Sanyasiyum Manushyanum

Awards

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References

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  1. ↑ https://amp/s/theprint.in/india/born-comrade-with-feudal-roots-veerendra-kumar-had-one-last-wish-united-socialist-party/431732/%3famp[permanent dead link]
  2. ↑ "Profile : M P Veerendra Kumar".
  3. ↑ "Veteran socialist leader and media doyen Veerendra Kumar cremated with state honours". The News Minute. 30 May 2020. Retrieved 29 March 2026. rituals were performed by his son M V Shreyams Kumar as per Jain religious traditions.
  4. ↑ "എം പി വീരേന്ദ്രകുമാർ എം പി അന്തരിച്ചു". Deshabhimani (in Malayalam). 28 May 2020. Archived from the original on 27 June 2020. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
  5. ↑ "Minister calls for schemes to promote khadi". The Hindu online. 14 May 2009. Archived from the original on 17 February 2018. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
  6. ↑ "Veerendra Kumar, Nanjil Nadan among Sahitya Akademi winners". The Hindu. 21 December 2010. Archived from the original on 25 December 2010. Retrieved 25 April 2014.
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