Thomas Unniyadan
Indian politician
Thomas Unniyadan is an Indian politician and Member of the Kerala State Legislative Assembly from Irinjalakuda. He previously served as a member of the Kerala Legislative Assembly from 2001 to 2016 and is a former Government Chief Whip of the Government of Kerala. He is currently the Deputy Chairman of the Kerala Congress.
He was born in Vaikom, the famous temple town in Kottayam district, as the son of Sri. Mathew Joseph and Smt. Mary Joseph. He is an advocate by profession. He was awarded the best MLA multiple times and has achieved several recognitions and awards in the national and international level. He was credited with achieving complete electrification of his constituency and was the first constituency in India to achieve this feat. He was also instrumental in familiarizing computers among school children.
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