V. Abdurahiman
V. Abdurahiman | |
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| Born | June 5, 1962 Pookayil, Tirur, Malappuram district, Kerala, India |
| Occupation(s) | Entrepreneur, politician |
| Known for | Minister for Sports, Wakf and Haj Pilgrimage, Posts & Telegraphs, Railways in Kerala; Member of Kerala Legislative Assembly for Tanur |
V. Abdurahiman (born 5 June 1962) is an Indian entrepreneur and political figure currently holding the position of Minister for Sports, Wakf and Haj Pilgrimage, Posts & Telegraphs, Railways in Kerala since 2021. He has been serving as a Member of the Kerala Legislative Assembly for the Tanur seat since 2016. During the 2014 Indian general election, he was the LDF candidate for the Lok Sabha seat from Ponnani and is affiliated with the National Secular Conference party.
Early life
Born in Pookayil, Tirur, within Kerala's Malappuram district, V. Abdurahiman is a businessman married to Smt. Shajida Rahman.
Politics
Abdurahiman’s political journey started within the Indian National Congress, where he served as a Municipal Councilor in Tirur Municipality for fifteen years. His roles included being an executive member of the Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee and vice-chairman of Tirur Municipal Council before he parted ways with the Congress party.
In the 2014 general elections, he contested as an LDF-supported independent candidate from Ponnani but lost to the sitting MP E. T. Muhammed Basheer. Subsequently, he secured the Tanur assembly constituency seat as an LDF independent in 2016 and successfully retained this position in the 2021 elections.
Controversy
In November 2020, tribal activists in Kerala protested against Abdurahiman following allegations of an anti-tribal comment directed at Tirur MLA C Mammutty during a press event. Later, in January 2023, he attracted criticism after remarks concerning the government's imposition of an 8% entertainment tax on tickets for the India-Sri Lanka one-day international cricket match at Karyavattom cricket ground, implying that individuals unable to pay should refrain from attending.