Nationality Indian Party Communist Party of India | Role Legislator Name Veliyam Bharghavan | |
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Full Name Krishnan Bharghavan Political party Communist Party of India Died September 18, 2013, Thiruvananthapuram | ||
Residence Veliyam, Kollam district | ||
Veliyam Bharghavan (Malayalam: വെളിയം ഭാർഗവൻ; May 1928 – 18 September 2013) was a Communist leader from the Kerala, India. He was the state Secretary of Communist Party of India (CPI) from 1998 to 2010. In 2010 he retired from that position due to his health issues. He hails from Veliyam village of Kollam district. He is an advocate of a merger between CPI and Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM). He was a member of the first Legislative Assembly of Kerala, winning the 1957 assembly elections from the Chadayamangalam Constituency.
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