A. P. Abdullakutty | |
|---|---|
| Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | |
| In office 1999 (1999) – 2009 (2009) | |
| Preceded by | Mullappally Ramachandran |
| Succeeded by | K. Sudhakaran |
| Constituency | Kannur |
| Member of the Legislative Assembly | |
| In office 2009 (2009) – 2016 (2016) | |
| Preceded by | K. Sudhakaran |
| Succeeded by | Kadannappalli Ramachandran |
| Constituency | Kannur |
| National Vice President of the Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| Assumed office 26 September 2020 (2020-09-26) | |
| President | J. P. Nadda |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1968-05-08)8 May 1968 (age 57)[1] |
| Party | Bharatiya Janata Party (since 2019) |
| Spouse | [1] |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | S. N. College, Kannur[1] |
Aruvanpalli Puthiyapurayil Abdullakkutty(born 8 May 1967) is an Indian politician. He was elected as the National Vice President of theBharatiya Janata Party on 26 September 2020. He has also served as the BJP Vice President ofKerala state.[2][3] He is also a former member ofLok Sabha fromKannur and formerMLA fromKannur constituency ofKerala state.
Abdullakutty was appointed National Haj Committee chairman 22 April 2022.[4][5]
He was a leader during his college days, Abdullakutty became the General Secretary ofCalicut University Students' Union in 1989. He served as Member of the Kannur District Panchayat from 1995 to 1999. He was elected to Parliament fromKannur Lok Sabha constituency twice (1999–2009) and was one of the youngest MPs of the country during that time. In 2008,[6] he praised Gujarat Chief MinisterNarendra Modi,[7][8] and was expelled fromCPI(M) in 2009.[9] He subsequently joinedINC.[9] He represented theKannur Lok Sabha constituency ofKerala in the 13th and 14th Lok Sabha (two terms) and was a Member ofKerala Legislative Assembly from 2009 to 2016.
During May 2019, in a Facebook post, Abdullakutty praised some of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's schemes, such as theSwachh Bharat Mission (cleanliness drive), and thePradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana for free LPG connection.[10] He added that the "NDA's victory was an acceptance of Prime Minister Modi's development agenda and the secret of his success was that he adopted Gandhian values",[10] and further stated that "Through 'Swacchhta Bharat' PM gave toilets to 9.26 crore families, also gave free LPG connections to six crore families." After Abdullakutty's favorable appraisal of the prime minister, he was expelled from his party, the Indian National Congress (INC) in June 2019.
After a meeting withNarendra Modi andBJP PresidentAmit Shah on 24 June 2019, Abdullakutty was invited to join the BJP, and he formally joinedBJP on 26 June 2019.[11] Abdullakutty received the BJP membership from party working presidentJ. P. Nadda, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs,V. Muraleedharan,Dharmendra Pradhan, Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas and Minister of Steel,Bhupender Yadav, Member of Parliament in theRajya Sabha and National General Secretary of the BJP,Rajeev Chandrasekhar, MP (Upper house) and the vice-chairman of theKerala wing ofBharatiya Janata Party-led coalition National Democratic Alliance (NDA) was among those present to greet him. He contested as NDA candidate in 2021 Malappuram Lok Sabha by-election against IUML Candidate M P AbduSamad Samadani and SFI national presidentVP Sanu and lost in a big margin.[12]
On 17 January 2009, CPI(M) Mayyil Area committee suspended Abdullakutty from the party for one year for praising the then Gujarat Chief MinisterNarendra Modi's Gujarat development model.[13][14]
On 11 March 2014, Kerala Police registered an FIR against KannurMLA AP Abdullakutty on rape charges based on the complaint filed by solar scam accused Saritha S Nair on Monday. In her complaint Saritha Nair alleged that she was raped by Abdullakutty at Mascot hotel inThiruvananthapuram prior to her arrest in the solar scam. Cantonment women's police in Thiruvananthapuram said that no date or time of the incident is mentioned in her complaint.[15][16]
