Pinarayi Vijayan - Leader of Kerala

Pinarayi Vijayan is the secretary of Communist Party of India (Marxist) Kerala state unit. He entered politics through student union activities. He was the president and sectrary of the Kerala Student's Federation (KSF), for-runner of Student Federation of India (SFI). He also president of the Kerala State Youth Federation (KSYF). He joined the Communist Party in 1964.
Pinarayi Vijayan was imprisoned for one and half years in emergency period. Then he elected the presidentof the Kerala State Co-operative Bank. In 1970, he elected to the Kerala Legislative Assembly. He was re-elected in 1977, 1991 and 1996. He was acted as Minister for Electric Power and Cooperatives in the E K Nayanar ministry from 1996 and 1998. He was known as a good minister.

After death of Chadayan Govindan of secretary of CPI(M), he elected the state secretary position. In 2002 he elected to the Politburo of CPI (M). After 2005, he entered in the factional group in the political discussions in CPI (M). In the election in 2006, he entered the media attraction. He considered as a villain in the CPI (M). Many of CPI (M) members resigned from the party and criticised Pinarayi's stand. They argued that he acted for the Bourgeoisie.
On 26 May, 2007 Pinarayi suspended with V S Achuthanandan from the Politburo for their public remarks on each other.

Contraversies
SNC Lavalin
Violence in Kannur
His Children's admission (His daughter Veena was an Amrita Institute of Technology student. The institute is managed my Amritanandamayi. His son Vivek is an MBA graduate from B-School in England)
Recovered bulletts from his bags
Threat against K Gopalakrishnan, Editor, Mathrubhumi Daily
Clash between Catholic Church and Party
Involvement of Pharis Aboobacker's money controversy
Called Paul Chittilapally as wretched creature

Marxist Communist Party of India (United)

BTR-EMS-AKG Janakeeya Vedi was a political group in Kerala. The group was a splinder goroup of Communist Patry of India (Marxist) Kerala state committee led by V B Cheriyan. He was leader of Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU) and CPI (M). But he was expelled from the party. When he was led a movement to clear the party. The group was a people's forum. It was not cadre political party. Although they contested elections in 2004.

BTR (B T Ranadive), EMS (E. M. S. Namboodiripad) and AKG (A.K. Gopalan) are the memoires of their party. In 2005 the group merged into the Marxist Communist Party of India (United).

Student federations in India

Akhil Bharatiya Vidhyarthi Parishad
Akhil Bharatiya Vidhyarthi Sena
Aligarh Muslim University Students' Union
All Assam Students Union
All India Democratic Students Organization
All India Progressive Students Union
All India Progressive Students Union (Bolshevik)
All India Revolutionary Students Federation
All India Students Association
All India Students Bloc
All India Students Federation
All Kamtapuri Students Union
Biju Chhatra Janata Dal
Campus Front
Chhatra Janata Dal (Secular)
Chhatra Lok Janshakti
Chhatra Rashtriya Janata Dal
Chhatra Sabha
Chin Student Association (CSA)
Democratic Students Union
Dimasa Students Union
Hmar Students Association
Indian National Student Organisation
Karbi Students Association
Kerala Students Union
Muslim Students Federation
National Students Union of India
Orissa Chhatra Parishad
Progressive Democratic Students Organization
Progressive Democratic Students Union
Progressive Students' Union
Rashtrawadi Vidyarthi Congress
Radical Students Union
Samajwadi Chhatra Sabha
Students Federation of India
Students Islamic Organisation of India
Telangana Rashtra Vidhyarthi Samithy
Twipra Students Federation
Vidhyarthi Purogami Sabha
Zomi Student Federation (ZSF)