VT Balram is an Indian politician who represented the Thrithala State Meeting constituency in Kerala from 2011-2021. He’s a member of the Indian Nationwide Congress (INC) and vice chairman of the Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC).
Wiki/Biography
VT Balram was born on Sunday, 21 Might 1978 (age 44 years; as of 2022) in Othalur close to Thrithala in Palakkad District, Kerala. He accomplished his education at Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, Palakkad, Kerala & Pachpahar, Jhalawar District, Rajasthan. He’s a BSc Chemistry graduate from Sree Krishna Faculty, Guruvayur, Thrissur (1998). Balram then pursued a B.Tech in EEE(Electrical and Electronics Engineering) from the Authorities Engineering Faculty, Thrissur, Kerala (2002). He accomplished a Bachelor of Legal guidelines (LLB) from the Authorities Legislation Faculty, Thrissur (2009). Balram accomplished his Grasp’s in Enterprise Administration (MBA) on the College of Calicut – Division of Commerce and Administration Research (2005). Balram was the editor of KSU State Kalasala throughout 2007-2008.
bodily look
Hair Color: Black
Eye Color: Black
Household
VT Balram’s household hails from Othalur close to Thrithala in Palakkad District, Kerala.
Dad and mom & Siblings
His father, Okay. Sreenarayanan, was a retired Higher Major Faculty instructor, who handed away on 11 December 2019; His mom’s title was VT Saraswathy.
Spouse & Youngsters
VT Balram is married to Anupama Balram; at Govt. Excessive Faculty Trainer. He has a son and a daughter; His son’s title is Advaith Manav and his daughter’s title is Avanthika.

VT Balram together with his spouse, Anupama
Balram has enrolled each his youngsters, on the Arikkad Authorities LP Faculty, Thrithala (Palakkad), Kerala. He refused to fill the faith column and informed that there isn’t a default faith for his youngsters.

VT Balram together with his youngsters
Handle
Rathnalayam, Otalur. PO Thrithala (by way of) Palakkad-679534
profession
Politics
VT Balram was a member of the Kerala College students Union (KSU), the coed wing of the Indian Nationwide Congress within the state, from his school days. Balram, in 1998, turned College Union Councilor on the Sree Krishna Faculty, Guruvayur, Kerala. Throughout his time on the Authorities Engineering Faculty, Thrissur (2002), VT Balram, for a second time, turned the College Union Councillor. He was a Senate member at Calicut College throughout 1999–2000 and from 2006–2007. He’s certainly one of Congress’s youth politicians, who’ve been vocal concerning the shortcomings and authoritarianism of the Communist Occasion of India (Marxist) and has outrightly opposed the Hindutva ideology propagated by the Bharatiya Janata Occasion (BJP). He was appointed State Secretary of the Youth Congress (the youth wing of the Indian Nationwide Congress) in Kerala throughout 2009-2010. Balram was elected because the Youth Congress’s (Kerala) State Basic Secretary in 2010 and held the place for 3 years (2010-2013).

VT Balram with Rahul Gandhi throughout the Bharat Jodo Yatra
Member of the Legislative Meeting (MLA)
In 2011, Balram was introduced because the United Democratic Entrance (UDF) candidate from the Thrithala Meeting constituency in Palakkad, Kerala. Thrithala had been a CPI(M) stronghold for over 20 years, with the Congress recording its earlier victory in 1987. Balram, on his debut election (2011 Kerala Legislative Meeting election), defeated the Communist Occasion of India (Marxist)’s Mammikutty by round 3000 votes, regaining the constituency for the Congress after 20 years of the LDF rule. He retained his seat within the 2016 Kerala Legislative Meeting election; nonetheless, in 2021, he misplaced to CPI(M)’s MB Rajesh, former MP of Palakkad who was then appointed because the twenty third Speaker of the Kerala Legislative Meeting and later a Minister within the Second Pinarayi Vijayan ministry. Balram misplaced to MB Rajesh by over 2000 votes ending his 10-year (2011-2021) time period because the MLA of the Thrithala Meeting constituency. Throughout his time as a Member of the Legislative Meeting, Balram satisfied the State authorities to grant a authorities school in his constituency. Balram was the architect behind the plan to determine the 2 ability improvement establishments within the Thrithala constituency. The Kaushal Kendra and the neighborhood ability park within the Thrithala constituency have been applied throughout his tenure. The Pattambi taluk within the Palakkad district, Kerala, was fashioned throughout his time because the MLA of the area.

VT Balram addressing a protest after the police resorted to lathi-charge
controversies
Circumstances Pending
- 2 fees associated to Voluntarily inflicting damage to discourage a public servant from his obligation (IPC Part-332)
- 1 cost associated to Punishment for prison intimidation (IPC Part-506)
- 1 cost associated to an Try to commit culpable murder (IPC Part-308)
Circumstances The place Convicted
- 3 fees associated to Punishment for Being a member of an illegal meeting (IPC Part-143)
- 3 fees associated to Punishment for Rioting (IPC Part-147)
- 3 fees associated to Each member of illegal meeting responsible of an offense dedicated in prosecution of a standard object (IPC Part-149)
- 2 fees associated to Rioting, armed with a lethal weapon (IPC Part-148)
- 2 fees associated to Hazard or obstruction in public approach or line of navigation (IPC Part-283)
- 1 cost associated to Assault or prison drive to discourage a public servant from discharge of his obligation (IPC Part-353)
- 1 cost associated to Becoming a member of or persevering with in illegal meeting, realizing it has been commanded to disperse (IPC Part-145)
Controversial touch upon Communist Icon and Chief AK Gopalan (AKG)
VT Balram stirred up a hornet’s nest in 2018 when he made obnoxious remarks concerning the late AK Gopalan, a Communist icon and the Chief of the Opposition within the first Lok Sabha. By a Fb put up, Balram insinuated that AKG was a paedophile who fell in love with a woman a few years youthful than him whereas he was legally married to his first spouse. Balram’s remark didn’t go down effectively with the CPI(M)’s leaders and celebration employees. CPI(M)’s senior leaders like Pinarayi Vijayan, Kodiyeri Balakrishnan, MM Mani, and Kadakampally Surendran harshly criticized the Congress MLA, questioning whether or not it was just like the Congress Occasion to insult nice leaders like AK Gopalan and demanded that Balram ought to apologise for his feedback. He was not backed by his leaders and former Chief Minister of Kerala and veteran Congress chief Oommen Chandy, the then Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee President, MM Hassan, and the then Opposition Chief Ramesh Chennithala have been among the many distinguished Congress leaders, who disregarded Balram’s feedback and insisted that it was not consistent with the tradition of the Congress celebration to insult or painting somebody like AK Gopalan in such method. They reiterated that the Congress celebration doesn’t approve of such statements. The Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI) employees vandalized VT Balram’s MLA workplace in Thrithala, following his remarks on AKG. Balram refused to apologize for his feedback however confirmed that he want to put an finish to the incident. CPM’s protest was by fully boycotting VT Balram in Thrithala. In an interview, Balram informed that he was not invited to any official occasions within the panchayats dominated by the CPIM since 2018 after he made the feedback about AK Gopalan. Throughout the 2021 Kerala Legislative Meeting election, the Communist Occasion of India (Marxist) highlighted Balram’s remarks on AKG as a part of their election marketing campaign within the Thrithala Meeting constituency; the place Balram confronted MB Rajesh of CPI(M) for his third time period because the MLA of the constituency. VT Balram was not able to apologise for his feedback about AKG, even when he was singled out by the Congress management. He modified his stance throughout the marketing campaign for the 2021 legislative meeting election. In an interview, Balram mentioned that he acknowledged the revolutionary AK Gopalan after which used AKG and his politics to assault the CPI(M) management and its flaws. CPI(M)’s MB Rajesh, devoted the victory to AKG and took a jibe at Balram. Balram has additionally criticized Kerala’s first Chief Minister and Communist icon Elamkulam Manakkal Sankaran Namboodiripad (EMS) and different senior CPI(M) leaders and located himself at odds with the leftist sections of Kerala.
Verbal battle on social media with KR Meera
In 2019, following the political murders of two Youth Congress employees in Kasargod, Kerala (Periya double homicide) allegedly by the CPI(M) employees, VT Balram lashed out on the state’s literary circles and criticized that they’ve taken a double customary on the homicide case; to which the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award-winning novelist replied by way of her Fb deal with. Meera earlier had posted an emotional Fb put up, recalling her time as a journalist and the way exhausting it was for her to face the households of the deceased and criticized totally different political events for his or her roles within the murders which have been occurring within the state for a very long time. Nevertheless, sure Congress celebration employees criticized she was being tender on the CPI(M) and Balram personally referred to as out Meera on her silence; this led to a collection of a verbal spar between the 2 and issues took a nasty flip when a remark made by the then MLA in a moderately offensive tone acted as an invite for a piece of the agitated Congress celebration employees who took to the social media web page of the writer and abused her. Meera, in her reply put up following the cyber assaults, talked about the profane phrases utilized by the Congress employees and referred to as out VT Balram. This on-line fallout was condemned by the CPI(M) leaders and different well-liked literary figures within the state. KR Meera, in 2021, joined an election marketing campaign for CPI(M)’s MB Rajesh who contested in opposition to VT Balram within the State Legislative Meeting elections and defeated him.
Belongings & Properties
Movable Belongings
- Deposits in Banks, Monetary Establishments and Non-Banking Monetary Firms: Rs. 9,78,402
- Bonds, Debentures and Shares in corporations: Rs. 15,000
- Motor Autos: Rs. 11,82,396
Immovable Belongings
- Agricultural Land: Rs. 2,40,000
- Non-Agricultural Land: Rs. 4,60,000
- Residential Buildings: Rs. 9,16,666
Observe: The given estimates of movable and immovable property are in accordance with the 12 months 2021. It excludes the property owned by his spouse and dependents (minor).
web price
In 2021, Balram’s web price was estimated to be Rs. 41,47,000.
Observe: It excludes the web price of his spouse and dependents (minors).
Information/Trivia
- Balram supported the Brazil nationwide soccer staff within the FIFA 2022 Qatar World Cup.
- He loves studying and cartooning; prefers touring throughout his leisure time.
- Balram owns a Toyota Innova Crysta (Diesel) Automated.

VT Balram together with his automotive
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