The Rajya Sabha star tipped to be minister

P Rajeev contested the Assembly polls for the first time and won by a margin of 15,336 in Kalamassery. He is currently a member of the CPM state secretariat and the Chief Editor of Desabhimani.

Rajeev hails from Annamanada, Thrissur. He had his education from Government Samithy High School, Christ College, Irinjalakkuda, St Paul's College, Kalamassery, Government Polytechnic, Kalamassery, and Government Law College, Ernakulam.

Rajeev made his political debut through SFI, and had practised as an advocate in the High Court of Kerala. He was elected to the Rajya Sabha in 2009 and 2015. He unsuccessfully contested to the Lok Sabha from Ernakulam in 2019. He was the secretary of CPM's Ernakulam district committee.

Rajeev had won the Sansad Ratna award for the best parliamentarian, when he was a Rajya Sabha member.

Vani Kesari is Rajeev's wife. Haritha and Hridya are their children.

The comments posted here/below/in the given space are not on behalf of Onmanorama. The person posting the comment will be in sole ownership of its responsibility. According to the central government's IT rules, obscene or offensive statement made against a person, religion, community or nation is a punishable offense, and legal action would be taken against people who indulge in such activities.