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{{short description|Indian politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = C. R. Mahesh
| native_name = സി.ആർ.മഹേഷ്‌
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| office = [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|Member]] of the [[Kerala Legislative Assembly]]
| termstart = {{Start date|2021|05|24|df=yes}}
| termend =
| predecessor = [[R. Ramachandran (Kerala CPI politician)|R. Ramachandran]]
| successor =
| constituency = [[Karunagappally (State Assembly constituency)|Karunagappally]]

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| party = [[Indian National Congress]]
| birth_date = {{Birth-date and age|1979||}}
| birth_place = [[Karunagappalli]], [[Kollam district|Kollam]], [[Kerala]], India
| nationality = [[Indian people|Indian]]
| residence = Chembakassery (H), [[Thazhava]], [[Karunagappalli]]
| spouse = Gayathri S.
| children = 3
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| education = [[Bachelor of Arts]] ([[Politics]])
| image_size = Dewaswom Board College, Sasthamcotta
| alma_mater = [[Dewaswom Board College|Dewaswom Board College, Sasthamcotta]]
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'''C. R. Mahesh''' is an Indian politician from [[Kerala]] and a member of the [[Indian National Congress]]. He is a member of the [[Kerala Legislative Assembly]] from [[Karunagappally (State Assembly constituency)|Karunagappally]]. Earlier he was the vice president of youth congress, Kerala. Currently he is an AICC member of INC and general secretary of Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.firstpost.com/politics/kerala-assembly-election-2021-karunagapally-profile-cpis-r-ramachandran-takes-on-congress-cr-mahesh-and-bjps-bitty-sudheerkerala-assembly-election-2021-karunagapally-profile-sitting-mla-kovoor-9492641.html|title=Kerala Assembly Election 2021, Karunagapally profile: CPI's R Ramachandran takes on Congress' CR Mahesh and BJP's Bitty Sudheer-Politics News , Firstpost|date=4 April 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/kerala-youth-congress-man-back-party-months-after-lambasting-rahul-gandhis-leadership-62858|title=Kerala Youth Congress man back in party, months after lambasting Rahul Gandhi's leadership|date=30 May 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tv.mathrubhumi.com/en/specials/assembly-polls-2021/cr-mahesh--1.86116|title = Assembly Polls 2021}}</ref>

==Political career==
C. R. Mahesh was born in a family with communist political background. His grandfather Kaithavana Appukkuttan Pillai was an active communist party worker, who participated in the ''Vallikunnam Meni Samaram'', a political riot to save the labour rights of paddy field workers. His father the late C. A. Rajasekharan was a [[Communist Party of India|CPI]] worker. His brother the late C. R. Manoj (died on 4 August 2021) was an active worker of the CPI, served as the assistant local secretary of CPI, Thazhava committee.{{citation needed|date=May 2021}}

Mahesh started his political career as the unit president of [[Kerala Students Union]] (Students Organization of the [[Indian National Congress]] in [[Kerala]]) in Karunagappally model school. Later he joined for the higher studies in [[Political Science]] at [[Dewaswom Board College|Devaswom Board College, Sasthamcotta]]. During his college days he continued his political work with [[Kerala Students Union]]. He became the unit president of [[Kerala Students Union|KSU]] in college. In the year of 2000, he got elected as the Union Chairman of Sasthamcotta DB College.{{citation needed|date=May 2021}}

In 2005 local body election, he got elected as the member of Thazhava panchayath.

Mahesh held several positions like General Secretary of [[Kerala Students Union|KSU]] Kollam district committee. Executive Member of [[Kerala Students Union]] state committee. General secretary of [[Indian Youth Congress|Youth Congress]] District committee, Kollam. President of [[Indian Youth Congress|Youth Congress]] District committee, Kollam.{{citation needed|date=May 2021}}

*2013 : Mahesh became the elected vice president of [[Indian Youth Congress]], Kerala.[https://english.madhyamam.com/en/node/12773?destination=node%2F12773]{{citation needed|date=May 2021}}
*2016 : Mahesh contested from Karunagappally assembly constituency where he lost to CPI candidate [[R. Ramachandran (Kerala CPI politician)|R. Ramachandran]] by a margin of 1,759 votes.
*Worked as the Member of Kerala State Youth Welfare Board.
*Considering his organizing skills and leadership qualities, he got nominated as the member of [[All India Congress Committee]] and later as the general secretary of [[Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee]].
*2021 : Mahesh got elected to the [[Kerala Legislative Assembly]] from [[Karunagappally (State Assembly constituency)|Karunagappally constituency]] in the [[2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]] by defeating LDF sitting MLA [[R. Ramachandran (Kerala CPI politician)|R. Ramachandran]] by a record margin of 29,208 votes.<ref>[https://www.thehindu.com/elections/kerala-assembly/ldf-bags-9-out-of-11-seats-in-kollam/article34467150.ece], "The Hindu", 02 May 2021</ref>

==References==
{{reflist|1}}5.https://english.madhyamam.com/en/node/12773?destination=node%2F12773

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