P. A. Mohammed Riyas

P. A. Mohammed Riyas is a politician from the state of Kerala, India, a member of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), and the All India President of the Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI).[1][2][3]

Mohammed Riyas
All India President of Democratic Youth Federation of India
Assumed office
2017
Preceded byM. B. Rajesh
Personal details
Political partyCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
Alma mater

Early life and education

Riyas was born in Calicut,[4] to his father P. M. Abdul Khader, an Indian Police Service officer.[5]

He completed his schooling from St. Joseph Boys High School, Kozhikode and joined Farook College, Kozhikode for his pre-degree education. He continued in the same college for his under-graduate degree in Bachelor of Commerce. Later he secured a law degree from Government Law College, Kozhikode.[4]

During his school days in St Joseph Boys High School, Kozhikode Mohammed Riyas was active with Students' Federation of India (SFI). In his 8th standard, he became the President of the SFI unit committee, and in the next year, he got as the unit secretary of the school committee. In his pre-degree days in Farook College, Calicut he was elected as the first year pre-degree representative of the college. In 1994 Riyas became the unit president of SFI committee in Farook College, and in the next conference he became the secretary of the unit. From Farook college, he won the post for university union councillor of Calicut University in 1996–97. Later he became a university union office-bearer in 1998. Riyas gradually became a prominent leadership of SFI.[6]

Personal life

He was married in 2002 to Sameeha Saithalavi, a former syndicate member of Calicut University. Later the couple went for divorce in 2015. From the first marriage, Riyas has two sons.

On 15 June 2020, he married T. Veena, the daughter of Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan.[7]

His uncle P. K. Moideenkutty was the President of Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee in 1941.[4]

Political career

Riyas was a member of the Democratic Youth Federation of India, where he rose to become the president and finally the secretary of DYFI Kozhikode District Committee.[8][9][3] From 2010 to 2016 he worked in the state centre of DYFI Kerala committee. During this period he held the office of State Vice President and later Joint Secretary of DYFI Kerala state committee.[9] In 2016, he was elected as the All India Joint Secretary of DYFI. In 2017, he became the All India President of DYFI.[2]

Riyas also joined the Communist Party of India (Marxist) in 1993, where he was a district committee member for Kozhikode,[10] as well as a state committee member.[11]

Electoral politics

During the 2009 Indian general election, Riyas was the Communist Party of India (Marxist) candidate for Kozhikode.[12][13] M. K. Raghavan won the constituency with a margin of 838 votes over Riyas. Riyas contested the election result with a petition to the Kerala High Court alleging that Raghavan had published propaganda against him in print media.[14][15] The petition was dismissed on 17 May 2010.[16]

No.YearConstituencyWinnerVotesPolitical PartyPercentage of VotesRunner-UpVotesPolitical PartyPercentage of VotesMargin
12009KozhikodeM. K. Raghavan342309Indian National CongressP. A. Mohammed Riyas341471Communist Party of India (Marxist) 42.81% 838

Political views

Riyas has criticised and opposed the Citizenship (Amendment) Act 2019 (CAA).[17][18][19][20] He views the opposition against the CAA as a struggle for defending the Constitution of India.[21] On 6 January 2020, he led a rally against the CAA with 100,000 people at Calicut Beach.[22]

References
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  5. "Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan's daughter to tie the knot on Monday". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
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  21. Sudhi, K. s (2 December 2019). "Religious slogans to take a back seat in anti-CAA campaign". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  22. "DFYI's anti-CAA march to reach Kozhikode beach, Kerala CM to address over 1 lakh people". ANI News. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
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