Erimayur Post, Palakkad Dist, Kerala-678 546

Tel: 04922-210300, 210400

The Chairman

Coir Board, "Coir House" ,

M.G. Road, Ernakulam,
Kochi-682 016. Kerala, India.

Tel      : 91-484-2372979 / 2371467

Fax     : 91-484-2370034,

E-mail :chairman@coirboard.org

          :vijayaraghavan@coirboard.org     

Gram  : COIRBOARD

    Served in various Parliamentary committees during tenure of M.P. such as Public Undertaking, Estimate committee, Criminal Law Amendment Bill, Mental Health, Commerce and Railways, Civil Aviation and Tourism.  I was member of Rubber Board, MPEDA, Coffe Board and Cardamom Board.  He also acted as state convener of Congress (I) Parliamentary party, has traveled widely around the world as M.P.

PARTY POSTS

Participated in political activities during student days;

In 1961 Elected as President of the Mandalam Congress Committee (Kuzhalmannam), became Member of D.C.C. Palakkad.

In 1965 Elected as Member of the K.P.C.C.

1968 Member of the K.P.C.C. Executive.

In  1969 Congress split stayed with Indiraji and became Vice President of Palakad  D.C.C. 1969 to 78 was D.C.C. Vice President, Karshaka Congress Dist President  and KPCC executive member.

In 1978 Congress split, stood firmly with Indiraji and became President  of Palakkad D.C.C.

In 1982 was General Secretary – K.P.C.C. till 1984.

In 1984 Vice President – K.P.C.C. till 1988.

From 1988 till 2007 was Palakkad D.C.C. President

AICC Member from 1992 to 2002.

PRESENTLY DIST CHAIRMAN – UNITED DEMOCRATIC FRONT (U.D.F) K.P.C.C EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBER

ELECTROL CONTESTS

In 1977 Contested in Alathur LA constituency first time against ShriEMS Namboodhiripad and was defeated by 1999 votes. Shri EMS Namboodhripad was CPM All India General Secretary.

In 1980 Elected to Lok Sabha for the first time from Palakkad.

In 1984 Elected to Lok Sabha for the second time.

In 1989 Lok Sabha  Elections was defeated by 1286 votes.

In19991 Elected to Lok Sabha for third time.

In 1996 contested but defeated.

In 2001 contested in Srikrishnapuram LA constituency in 2001 defeated by 21 votes.

In 2004 Parliament elections, lost from Palakkad.

IMPORTANT POLITICAL MOMENTS

From his first days he had always stood firmly with Indiraji, Rajiviji and Soniaji.

In 1977 Assembly  elections, he stood against CPM all India Gen.  Secretary Shri EMS Namboodhripad from Alathur, a CPM stronghold.  He lost by just 1999 votes and Shri EMS  publically said Mr.Vijayaraghavan had won though he got more votes.

In 1979 against the backdrop of many cases, Indiraji visited Palghat to attend the state conference of KSU the students wing of Congress.  This was when many other districts had refused to have a rally for Indiraji, due to various problems faced by them.  The rally was the biggest in the district to the president date, and the massive public support she received was a moral booster to Congressmen of Kerala.

In 1980 he was first elected to Parliament from Palakkad.  He was the only Congress M.P. from Malabar region (6districts) and Trichur dist.

In 1979 and 1987 during the statewide agitation against CPM he was brutally assaulted by the police.

I n 1987, he was made the DCC president  by the KPCC to strengthen it, and in the following assembly elections, the dist elected an all time high of Congress MLAs.  The Palakkad DCC was awarded a trophy by the AICC General Secretary Shri G.K.Moopanar for this achievement.

Mr. V.S. Vijayaraghavan has also been awarded the VIKAS RATTAN AWARD 19995 constituted by the International Friendship Society of India for maximum development of constituency.

COMMITTEES, CO-OPERATIVE MOVEMENTS AND TRADE UNIONS

He had always attracted the agriculturists to the Congress party and actively involved in their day to day problems and cooperative activities.  He had served as the president of Alathur Co- operative Marketing Society, Director of the Palakkad Dist co- operative bank, and as executive member of the Kerala Agricultural University.  From 1970 onwards till date he is the President of the Erimayur co- operative bank.  He was a member of the Ist Guruvayur Devaswam Managing Committee.  He was also the Chairman of Alathur Taluk Circle Co-operative union.

He has been actively involved in the trade union movement   in and around the district.  He is the President of the Congress led unions in Indian Telephone Industries Ltd and Instrumentation Ltd.  He was the President of Congress  Unions in Malabar Cements Ltd., BSNL and Postal Dept. of Palakkad.