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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix =
| name = K. M. Shaji <br/> കെ.എം. ഷാജി
| image =
| alt = Shri. K. M. Shaji
| office = [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|Member]] of the [[Kerala Legislative Assembly]]
| term_start = {{Start date|2011|06|01|df=yes}}
| term_end = 3 May 2021
| predecessor = M. Prakashan Master
| successor = [[ K. V. Sumesh]]
| office2 = President of the Kerala Muslim Youth League
| term_start2 = {{Start date|2007}}
| term_end2 = {{End date|2011}}
| predecessor2 = Syed Sadiqali Shihab Thangal
| successor2 = Adv. P. M. Sadiqali
| office3 = [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|Member]] of the [[Kerala Legislative Assembly]]
| constituency3 = [[Azhikode (State Assembly constituency)|Azhikode]]
| term_star3 = {{Start date|2016}}
| term_end 3 = {{End date|2021}}
| successor3 = K.V.Sumesh [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1971|12|22|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Kaniyambetta]], [[Kozhikode district|Kozhikode]]<br>(present day [[Wayanad district|Wayanad]]), [[Kerala]], India
| birth_name =
| nationality = [[Indian people|Indian]]
| party = [[Indian Union Muslim League]]
| otherparty = 
| occupation = [[Politician]]
| spouse =
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}}

'''K. M. Shaji''' (born 22 December 1971) is an Indian politician belonging to the [[Indian Union Muslim League]]. He is the president of [[Muslim Youth League]] in [[Kerala]], a secretariat member of the League,<ref>{{cite web|title=Mr. K. M. Shaji, President, Kerala State Muslim Youth League addressing the gathering at Rajendra Maidan, Cochin|url=http://www.indianunionmuslimleague.in/content/mr-km-shaji-president-kerala-state-muslim-youth-league-addressing-gathering-rajendra-maidan-|publisher=Indian Union Muslim League|accessdate=23 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131224105733/http://www.indianunionmuslimleague.in/content/mr-km-shaji-president-kerala-state-muslim-youth-league-addressing-gathering-rajendra-maidan-|archive-date=24 December 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Kerala Legislative Assembly: IUML MLAs|url=http://www.indianunionmuslimleague.in/content/kerala-legislative-assembly-iuml-mlas|publisher=Indian Union Muslim League|accessdate=23 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131224100003/http://www.indianunionmuslimleague.in/content/kerala-legislative-assembly-iuml-mlas|archive-date=24 December 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Shri. K. M. Shaji|url=http://www.niyamasabha.org/codes/13kla/mem/k_m_shaji.htm|publisher=Kerala Legislative Assembly|accessdate=23 December 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Shaji elected MYL State president|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/shaji-elected-myl-state-president/article1858163.ece|accessdate=23 December 2013|newspaper=The Hindu|date=18 June 2007}}</ref> and the treasurer of the Muslim League parliamentary party.

He was disqualified as an MLA by the [[Kerala High Court|High Court of Kerala]] on 9 November 2018 on allegations of communalizing the [[2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2016 assembly election]] held in the Azhikode assembly constituency,<ref>{{cite web|title=HC disqualifies Azhikode MLA KM Shaji|url=https://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/kerala/hc-disqualifies-azhikode-mla-km-shaji-1.3294643|publisher=Mathrubhumi English|accessdate=9 November 2018}}</ref> which was later stayed by the [[Supreme Court of India]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=SC stays KM Shaji's disqualification verdict|url=https://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/kerala/sc-stays-km-shaji-s-disqualification-verdict-1.3345427|access-date=2020-10-16|website=Mathrubhumi|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/kerala/sc-stays-km-shaji-s-disqualification-verdict-1.3345427|title=SC stays KM Shaji's disqualification verdict|website=Mathrubhumi|language=en|access-date=2019-11-25}}</ref>

== Personal life ==
Son of Shri K.M. Beeran Kutty and Smt. P.C. Aysha Kutty; born at Kaniyambetta. He was married to Smt. Asha K.M and the couple have one daughter and two sons. He had done Pre-Degree and B.B.A. (not completed).<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Members - Kerala Legislature|url=http://www.niyamasabha.org/codes/members14kla.htm|access-date=2021-05-09|website=www.niyamasabha.org}}</ref>

==Political career==
He was School leader of G.H.S. Kaniyambetta, Chairman of Calicut University Union. He had been elected as Vice President and President, Kaniyambetta Grama Panchayat. He was the secretary and president of State Youth League.<ref name=":0" />

He contested in the 2006 general assembly election from [[Eravipuram (State Assembly constituency)|Eravipuram constituency]] in [[Kollam]] and lost to [[A. A. Aziz]] of [[Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|RSP]].K M Shaji was Alleged on Plus Two Bribery Case.<ref>{{Cite news|others=Special Correspondent|date=2020-11-10|title=ED quizzes Shaji in Plus Two case|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/ed-quizzes-shaji-in-plus-two-case/article33069306.ece|access-date=2021-05-26|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> Later in 2021 Kerala Assembly Election he lost to K V Sumesh of the CPIM With a margin of 6141 votes.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.elections.in/kerala/assembly-constituencies/2006-election-results.html |title=Kerala Assembly Election - 2006 |publisher=Elections.in |accessdate=2019-01-07}}</ref> As of 2021, he is neither a MLA, nor a panchayath member.

===Assembly election candidature history===
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! style="background-color:#666666; color:white"|Year
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white"|Constituency
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white"|Opponent
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white"|Result
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white"|Margin
|----
|2006
|[[Eravipuram (State Assembly constituency)|Eravipuram]]
|[[A. A. Aziz]] ([[Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|RSP]])
|style="background: #FFA07A;" |Lost
|style="background: #FFA07A;" |24,049<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.elections.in/kerala/assembly-constituencies/2006-election-results.html |title=2006 - Kerala Election Results |publisher=Elections.in |accessdate=2020-11-06}}</ref>
|----
|2011
|[[Azhikode (State Assembly constituency)|Azhikode]]
|M. Prakashan Master ([[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]])
|style="background: #98FB98;" |Won
|style="background: #98FB98;" |493<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.elections.in/kerala/assembly-constituencies/2011-election-results.html |title=2011 - Kerala Election Results |publisher=Elections.in |accessdate=2020-11-06}}</ref>
|----
|2016
|[[Azhikode (State Assembly constituency)|Azhikode]]
|[[M. V. Nikesh Kumar]] ([[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]])
|style="background: #98FB98;" |Won
|style="background: #98FB98;" |2,287<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.elections.in/kerala/assembly-constituencies/2016-election-results.html |title=2016 - Kerala Election Results |publisher=Elections.in |accessdate=2020-11-06}}</ref>
|----
|2021
|[[Azhikode (State Assembly constituency)|Azhikode]]
|[[K. V. Sumesh]] ([[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]])
|style="background: #FFA07A;" |Lost
|style="background: #FFA07A;" |6,141<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.elections.in/kerala/assembly-constituencies/2021-election-results.html |title=2021 - Kerala Election Results |publisher=Elections.in |accessdate=2021-11-06}}</ref>
|}

== Vigilance Raid ==
The Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau (VACB) has seized Rs 50 lakh in a raid conducted on 12 April 2021, Monday at his house at Manal, near [[Azhikode (State Assembly constituency)|Azhikode]] in [[Kannur]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Vigilance seizes Rs 50 lakh from IUML MLA KM Shaji's house following raids|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/2021/apr/12/vigilance-seizes-rs-50-lakh-from-iuml-mla-km-shajis-house-following-raids-2289211.html|access-date=2021-05-26|website=The New Indian Express}}</ref>

The vigilance team conducted raids simultaneously at his houses at Kannur and Kozhikode for allegedly amassing assets disproportionate to his known sources of income. The raid was conducted by the vigilance team from Kozhikode.

A court here in November last had ordered a Vigilance probe against the Azhikode MLA on allegations that he amassed assets disproportionate to his known sources of income.

The court's direction came on a petition by the social worker and lawyer M R Hareesh alleging that Shaji had amassed wealth disproportionate to his known sources of income and had received funds from abroad, misusing his official powers.

The petitioner, who sought a direction to the Vigilance for a probe, also alleged that Shaji filed false details regarding his wealth in his election affidavit.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-03-24|title=Azhikode MLA KM Shaji accumulated assets illegally: Vigilance report|url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/azhikode-mla-km-shaji-accumulated-assets-illegally-vigilance-report-145807|access-date=2021-05-26|website=The News Minute|language=en}}</ref>

The MLA has properties in [[Wayanad district|Wayanad]], Kannur, and Kozhikode districts, worth a minimum of Rupees two crore, the complaint alleged.

The Enforcement Directorate had also registered a case in connection with the receipt of overseas funds by Shaji and had searched his residence in Chirakkal in Kannur late last year.

Shaji claims that, he made his fortune from ginger cultivation in [[Karnataka]] and Wayanad. Ginger cultivation was not included in the affidavit on property information as it was not fixed income. <ref>{{Cite web|title=Vakradrishti|url=https://tv.mathrubhumi.com/en/vakradrishti/shaji-s-ginger-cultivation-1.67034|access-date=2021-05-26|website=Mathrubhumi}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Indian Union Muslim League]]
* [[Muslim Youth League]]

==References ==
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[[Category:1971 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Indian Union Muslim League politicians]]
[[Category:People from Wayanad district]]
[[Category:Kerala MLAs 2016–2021]]

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K. M. Shaji - Revision history

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