: Entered politics in 1968 through KSYF; Secretary, KSYF Madayi Block Committee; was an active member of DYFI; Kannur District Committee President and Secretary, State Secretary and President, DYFI; Member, DYFI All India Executive Committee, CPI (M) State Committee, All India Kisan Sabha Central Committee; State Secretary, Kerala Karshaka Sangham; Member, Khadi Board, Housing Board, Kerala Agricultural University Executive Committee; actively participated in various strikes held for providing 'Education and Labour to all' during emergency period, arrested and imprisoned. Led march on foot from Kasaragod to Thiruvananthapuram thrice upholding job, education and development as subjects; arrested on several occasions and brutally assaulted by police.