E.S Bijimol

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Women in Politics
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2 min readDec 11, 2017

Area of Expertise: Politics, Social work, Law

Bio: E.S Bijimol is an Indian politician from Kerala. A member of Communist Party of India, she currently serves as the MLA of Peerumedu constituency, Idukki representing LDF. Bijimol hails from idukki of Kerala.

She was born into a Christian family to George and Annamma. She is married to P.J Reji and the couple has one son and one daughter. She is a teacher by profession, whois also known as a social worker. He holds an MA degree and also completed LLB course.

She served as Block Panchayath President of Azutha (1995–2000) and also member of district panchayat (2005 September- 2006 April). She is an executive member of National Federation of Indian Women. As a social worker she comes to limelight following her participation in protest of Mullapperiyar Dam issue. She was serving as MLA of Peerumedu while she led from front, the protest.

Currently she is a state council member, C.P.I and National Executive Member. She also serves the position of State Secratory, Plantation Federation; State President, Kerala Agricultural University Labour Association; and State Vice President, Forest Welfare Association. She got elected to State Assembly Consecutively for three terms since 2006. In 2011 state assembly elections she defeated Adv. A.E Augusthy of INC by a majority of over 3000 votes. She represented Peerumed constituency. In 2016 state assembly elections she retained the seat, defeating Cyriac Thomas of Indian National Congress by a narrow margin of only 314 votes.

E.S Bijimol

Resources:

http://www.veethi.com/india-people/e._s._bijimol-profile-9695-19.htm

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