T. Sivadasa Menon

T. Sivadasa Menon (14 June 1932 – 28 June 2022) was an Indian politician and communist leader from Kerala.[1] He was the Finance Minister of Kerala in the third E. K. Nayanar Ministry[1][2] and the Minister for Electricity and Rural Development in the second E. K. Nayanar Ministry.[2]

T. Sivadasa Menon
Minister for Finance, Government of Kerala
In office
20 May 1996 (1996-05-20) – 13 May 2001 (2001-05-13)
Minister for Electricity and Rural Development, Government of Kerala
In office
2 April 1987 (1987-04-02) – 17 June 1991 (1991-06-17)
Member of the Kerala Legislative Assembly
In office
1987 (1987) – 5 June 2001 (2001-06-05)
Preceded byE. K. Nayanar
Succeeded byV. S. Achuthanandan
ConstituencyMalampuzha
Personal details
Born(1932-06-14)14 June 1932
Mannarkkad, British Raj
Died28 June 2022(2022-06-28) (aged 90)
Kozhikode, Kerala, India
NationalityIndian
Political partyCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
SpouseT. K. Bhavani
Children2

Life and career

Menon was the State Secretariat Member of Communist Party of India (Marxist) in Kerala.[2] His entry into politics was after his rigorous engagement in organising teachers’ unions in the state.[3] He was earlier a teacher at KTM High School, Mannarghat and later became the Head Master of the school.[3] He was part of the Kerala State Education Advisory Board and a member of the Syndicate of Calicut University.[2] In his long career in the teachers front of communist party, he was first elected as the Malabar Regional President of Kerala Private Teachers Federation and later the General Secretary of Kerala Private Teachers' Union (KPTU).[3]

Menon was elected to the Kerala Legislative Assembly from Malampuzha constituency in 1987, 1991 and in 1996 as a CPI(M) candidate.[3] From 1993 to 1996, he was the Chairman of Committee on Public Accounts.[2]

Menon entered controversy after his reaction against the police brutality on SFI leader Biju. During the C. H. Kanaran memorial meet at Thalassery Bus Stand, he threatened the police to suffer serious consequences for their actions.[4][5] He died at MIMS Hospital in Kozhikode on 28 June 2022, at the age of 90.[6][7] He had a heart attack the day before his death.[6]

References
  1. "Sivadasa Menon hospitalised | Thiruvananthapuram News – Times of India". The Times of India. PTI. Retrieved 13 June 2020.
  2. "Members – Kerala Legislature". www.niyamasabha.org. Retrieved 13 June 2020.
  3. "T. Sivadasa Menon". www.stateofkerala.in. Retrieved 13 June 2020.
  4. "Sivadasa Menon does a Jayarajan". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 13 June 2020.
  5. Nazeer, Mohamed (22 October 2011). "Sharp tongue landing leaders in trouble?". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 13 June 2020.
  6. ലേഖകൻ, മാധ്യമം. "മുൻ മന്ത്രിയും സി.പി.എം നേതാവുമായ ടി. ശിവദാസമേനോൻ അന്തരിച്ചു". Madhyamam. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
  7. "Former Kerala Finance Minister T Sivadasa Menon dies at 90". Onmanorama. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
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