M M Mani
| Mundakkal Madhavan Mani | |
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| Minister of Electricity of Kerala | |
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Assumed office 22 November 2016 |
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| Preceded by | E. P. Jayarajan |
| Constituency | Udumbanchola |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
12 December 1944 (age 73) Kidangoor, Travancore, British India |
| Political party | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| Spouse(s) | Lakshmikutty Amma |
| Children | Sati, Shyamala, Suma, Geetha, Sreeja |
| Mother | Janaki |
| Father | Madhavan |
| Occupation | Politician |
Mundakkal Madhavan Mani(born December 12, 1944) well known as "മണിയാശാന്" or "Maniyasan" is a CPI(M) leader and the current electricity minister of Kerala. He was born in Kidangoor, Travancore (present day Kottayam district) on December 12, 1944.[1] He is the Minister for Electricity in Pinarayi Vijayan Ministry in Kerala. He is elected as MLA from Udumbanchola, Idukki. He was the former District Secretary of Communist Party of India (Marxist).
He contested from Udumbanchola constituency in 1996 but failed. He became the Idukki district secretary of CPI(M) in 1985 for the first time and was elected eight times consecutively to the post. He was elected from Udumbanchola constituency to Kerala assembly in May 2016. He became a cabinet minister in government led by Pinarayi Vijayan on November 2016
Mani was born in a poor Ezhava family in Kidangoor to Madhavan and Janaki, as the eldest of their seven children. His family migrated to Idukki from Kidangoor when he was a child. His educational qualification is 5th standard pass. He went to St. Mary's School in Kidangoor. He joined Communist Party of India (Marxist) at the age of 21 in 1966. His works are mainly focussed on trade union works among the plantation labourers in Idukki .
Mani served as the Idukki district party Secretary from 1985. LDF government in Kerala led by Pinarayi Vijayan inducted CPI(M) secretariat member M M Mani into the cabinet on November 22, 2016. He served as electricity minister under Pinarai Vijayan government. This was after former electricity minister E. P. Jayarajan resigned after allegations of nepotism. He landed into controversy due to his way of talking during speeches
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