P. Rajeev is an Indian politician. He is one of the Secretariat members of CPI Kerala State committee. He was a member of parliament from 2009 to 2015. Rajeev had been the most active member of the upper house during his stint and had raised several popular issues in the house. When he retired, leaders from most political parties pleaded with CPI general secretary Sitaram Yechury to consider getting Rajeev elected again to the parliament.He was highly praised for his parliamentary performance by political opponents like former finance minister Arun Jaitley,Congress leader Gulam Nabi Azad,BSP supremo Mayawati and Rajya Sabha deputy chairman P.J Kurien.His Parliamentary performance was highly applauded and was outstanding. He won the Sansad Ratna Award in 2016 for his outstanding contributions in the Parliament. He was also the secretary of the Ernakulam District committee of the CPI. Rajeev was born in Meladoor, Trichur, Kerala, India. He is CPI state committee member and the Ex- District Secretary of the Democratic Youth Federation of India. In 2019 Indian general election, he contested from Ernakulam.
Biography
P. Rajeev was elected to Rajya Sabha on 27 April 2009. He is a native of Meladoor under Trichur District in Kerala State. He was born to Late. Mr. P. Vasudevan and Mrs. Radha Vasudevan. Rajeev completed his Schooling at Government Samithy High School, Meladoor and then joined for his pre degree education at Christ College, Irinjalakuda. He graduated in Economics from the St. Paul's College, Kalamassery and later took his LL.B degree from the Government Law College, Ernakulam. Rajeev also holds a diploma in Chemical Engineering from Government Polytechnic College, Kalamassery. He was a practising lawyer at the High Court of Kerala before taking full-time political and organizational responsibilities. Rajeev is married to Mrs. A. Vani Kesari who is teaching law at the School of Legal Studies, Cochin University of Science and Technology. The couple have two daughters Hridhya Rajeev and Haritha Rajeev.
Political and organizational responsibilities
P Rajeev started his public life as an organizer of the Students Federation of India. He was active in the progressive student movement right from his School days. Later he became the President and then Secretary of SFI Kerala State Committee. He also held positions including the Joint Secretary and Vice President of SFI Central Committee. Rajeev led many struggles against the commercialization and saffronisation of education and was brutally assaulted by the police during agitations. After his student life he was active in the Democratic Youth Federation of India where he held the post of district secretary. As part of his trade union activities he was involved in organizing the employees of the Cochin International Airport and employees of the Carborundum Universal company. He was also a district joint secretary of CITU in Ernakulam. Rajeev is now a state committee member of CPI in Kerala.
Other Responsibilities
P. Rajeev is the Chief Editor of Deshabhimani Daily, which is the third largest news paper in Kerala. He extends his service to the Press Accreditation Committee of Government of Kerala and is currently a member of the Board of Studies in Journalism at University of Calicut. Rajeev was the Editor of STUDENT, the monthly journal of SFI and “THE RESEARCHER” the biannual research journal of the research sub-committee of SFI.
