K. Surendran (politician)
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General Secretary of Kerala State BJP
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10 March 1970 Ulliyeri, Kozhikode, Kerala |
| Residence | Kasaragod, Kerala, India |
| Nationality | India |
| Occupation | Kerala State General Secretary |
| Organization | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Spouse(s) | Sheeba |
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| Website | ksurendran |
K. Surendran (born 10 March 1970) is an Indian politician who is one of the six general secretaries of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Kerala state. He has more than once run unsuccessfully for election to both the national and the state legislatures.
K. Surendran was born to Kunhiraman and Kalyani on 10 March 1970 in Ulliyeri, Kozhikode, Kerala.
He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in chemistry from Zamorin's Guruvayurappan College, Kozhikode. He started his political career through Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad, the student wing of Bharatiya Janata Party.During the earlier stages of his political career he held various positions such as Director North Malabar District co operative Marketing Society, President, Desa Seva Samskarika Kendram, Founder Director Board member National Yuva co operative Society and Advisory Board member Nehru Yuva Kendra.
A 2016 newspaper report said that K. Surendran, originally from Kozhikode, had moved to Kasaragod many years earlier, and had taken the effort to learn the Tulu and Kannada languages to better communicate with the local people. The BJP as of August 2016 said he was a social worker with a BSC degree aged 44, and was one of the state general secretaries for Kerala.
K. Surendran became Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM – Indian People Youth Front) state president. As BJYM state president K. Surendran led a march in October 2009 protesting unemployment and a ban on government hiring. Several people were injured when police forcibly prevented the marchers from entering the Secretariat. In August 2010 K Surendran was among the leaders of a BJP march to the Popular Front of India centre in Manjeri, Malappuram, Kerala. The police stopped the march and arrested the leaders. In April 2013 Surendran spoke out against dropping the investigation by the Vigilance and Anti-corruption Bureau into the transfer of Kovalam Halcyon Castle and land from India Tourism Development Corporation, speaking of conspiracy and corruption behind the proposal.
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