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Mullappally Ramachandran (born 7 November 1944) is an Indian politician and former president of the Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC). He is a member of the Indian National Congress, and the son of Congress leader Mullappally Gopalan.
Mullappally Ramachandran has returned five times consecutively to the 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th Lok Sabha from Kannur constituency, a strong fortress of rival party CPI(M). From 2009 to 2019, he was the Member of Parliament for Vatakara constituency. In the 15th Lok Sabha, he was Minister of State for Home Affairs, Govt. of India.
Positions held
1969-70: Chairman, Congress Forum for Socialist Action
1970-71: President, Youth Congress, Calicut district
1977-82: President, Kerala Pradesh Youth Congress
1984-89: Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Human Resource Development
1984-: General-Secretary, Pradesh Congress Committee
1987-88: Member, Committee on Subordinate Legislation
1987-89: Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of External Affairs
1987-90 :Member, Rules Committee
1988-95: Joint-Secretary, All India Congress Committee (Indira) [A.I.C.C.(I)]
1990-91: Member, Committee on Estimates
Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Commerce; and Ministry of Tourism
1991-93: Union Minister of State, Agriculture and Cooperation
1993-96: Member, Committee on Industry
Member, Central Advisory Committee on Light Houses
Member, Select Committee on Transplantation of Human Organs Bill, 1993
Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting
1996-97: Member, Committee on Commerce
Member, Joint Committee on Salaries and Allowances Of Members of Parliament
Member, Sub-Committee on Agricultural Exports
Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Railways
1998-99: Member, Committee on Urban and Rural Development and Convenor of its Sub-Committee-I on Ministry of Urban Affairs and Employment; and Sub-Committee on Action Taken
Member, Committee to review the rate of dividend payable by the Railway Undertakings
Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Civil Aviation
Member, Railway Convention Committee
Member, South Zone Railway Advisory Committee
2000: General Secretary, KPCC
2005: Vice President, KPCC
2009-2014: Minister of State (Home)
2015: Chairman, Indian National Congress Central Election Authority
2018-2021: President, KPCC
Controversy
In June 2020, he made some controversial comments against the health minister K.K Shailaja, calling her Covid Rani (Covid Queen). In November 2020, he entered into controversy again as he stated "women with self respect will die if she is raped, or else try not to be sexually assaulted again". Later, he claimed that his remarks on rape survivors are being 'portrayed as anti-women by others.