E. T. Mohammed Basheer

Who is E. T. Mohammed Basheer?

E. T. Mohammed Basheer born July 1, 1946, at Mapprom village in the present day Malappuram district of then British India is a Member of India's Parliament who was elected to Lok Sabha from the Ponnani constituency, Kerala, with a margin of 86,000 votes. He is a member of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Social Justice and Empowerment, and a member of the parliamentary consultative committee. Also he was the State Party Secretary of IUML, and an ardent supporter of its long-standing coalition with the Indian National Congress Party.

He entered politics through M.S.F. later actively engaged in Trade Union field and became State Secretary of S.T.U., worked as President of various trade unions affiliated to STU. In industrial firms like Mavoor Gwalior Rayons, Malabar Cements, Palakkad, Edarikode Textiles, Kerala Electrical and Allied, Kundara, Malabar Spinning Mills, Kozhikode, Modern Spinning Mills, Kozhikode, Steel Complex, Kozhikode and K.S.D.C. Kuttipuram.Was first prize holder in Elocution competition in State Youth Festival held in 1964, attended the 3 months Workshop conducted by Indian Social Institute Bangalore, for trade unions leaders, attended world Malayalees Conference held in Berlin, was Member in Kerala Agricultural University Senate, Kerala State Orphanage Control Board and Industries Relationship Committee, presented thesis on the subject 21st Century Development Options in the NGO international Seminar held at Oslo in 1982, was Member in Janardhan Reddy Commission, Veerappa Moily Commission and Minority Education Monitoring Committee.