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{{Infobox Indian politician
| name = M. B. Rajesh
| image = M B Rajesh.JPG
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1971|03|12|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Jalandhar, Punjab]], India
| alma_mater = {{Unbulleted_list|[[University of Kerala]]|[[NSS College, Ottapalam]]}}
| education = {{Unbulleted_list|[[Bachelor of Laws]]|[[Master of Economics]]}}
| residence = [[Palakkad, Kerala]]
| death_date =
| death_place =
| office1 = 21st [[Speaker (politics)|Speaker]] of the [[Kerala Legislative Assembly]]
| term_start1 = {{Start date|2021|05|25|df=yes}}
| term_end1 =
| predecessor1 = [[P. Sreeramakrishnan]]
| successor1 =
| office2 = [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|Member]] of the [[Kerala Legislative Assembly]]
| constituency2 = [[Thrithala]]
| term_start2 = {{Start date|2021|05|24|df=yes}}
| term_end2 =
| predecessor2 = [[V. T. Balram]]
| office3 = [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha]]
| constituency3 = [[Palakkad (Lok Sabha constituency)|Palakkad]]
| term_start3 = {{Start date|2009|05|31|df=yes}}
| term_end3 = {{End date|2019|05|23|df=yes}}
| predecessor3 = [[N. N. Krishnadas]]
| successor3 = [[V. K. Sreekandan]]
| party = [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
| spouse = Ninitha Kanicheri
| children = 2
| parents = {{Unbulleted_list|Balakrishnan Nair|M. K. Remani}}
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'''M. B. Rajesh''' (born 12 March 1971) is an Indian politician who is currently serving as Speaker of [[Kerala Legislative Assembly]] and [[Member Of Legislative Assembly]] representing [[Thrithala]] constituency.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/cpim-s-mb-rajesh-snatches-thrithala-congress-s-vt-balram-148175 | title=CPI(M)’s MB Rajesh snatches Thrithala from Congress’s VT Balram | publisher=The NewsMinute | work=Sreedevi Jayarajan | date=2 May 2021 | accessdate=24 May 2021}}</ref>He is a former Member of Parliament of the [[16th Lok Sabha]] of [[India]].

He represented the [[Palakkad (Lok Sabha constituency)|Palakkad constituency]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iforindia.org/ReportCard.aspx?load=1&mp=ae278962-0821-4e46-b501-b5cb77d21a83|title=M. B. Rajesh (MP-Palakkad, Kerala) Report Card|publisher=iForIndia.org|accessdate=22 September 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141029102744/http://www.iforindia.org/ReportCard.aspx?load=1&mp=ae278962-0821-4e46-b501-b5cb77d21a83|archive-date=29 October 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> of [[Kerala]] from 2009 to 2019. He is from [[CPI (M)]] political party.

== Life ==
Rajesh is the eldest son of Balakrishnan Nair and M. K. Remani. He was born in [[Jalandhar, Punjab]] on 12 March 1971, in a Hindu family. A native of [[Chalavara, Shornur]] in [[Palakkad District]] of [[Kerala]], Rajesh is graduated in Law from the [[University of Kerala]] and postgraduated in economics from the [[NSS College, Ottapalam]] affiliated to the [[University of Calicut]]. By profession, he is an advocate. Rajesh is married to Ninitha Kanicheri who is an Assistant Professor in Kalady Sanskrit University.

== Political career ==
Rajesh started his political life while he was a school student by organizing the [[Students' Federation of India|SFI]] at the school level. Later he became the President and then-Secretary of SFI Kerala State Committee. He also held positions including the Joint Secretary and Vice President of SFI Central Committee. After his student life, he was active in the [[Democratic Youth Federation of India|DYFI]] where he became the National President. Rajesh is now a member of the Kerala state committee of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]].M B Rajesh is the current lawmaker from [[Thrithala]] legislative constituency in [[Palakkad district]].

== Controversies ==

The appointment of his wife as assistant professor in Kalady Sanskrit university snowballed into a major political controversy ahead of 2021 legislative assembly elections as one of the subject experts in the interview board alleged irregularities in the process<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/appointment-of-cpim-leaders-wife-at-sanskrit-varsity-sparks-row/article33753576.ece|title=Appointment of CPIM leader's wife at Sanskrit university sparks row|website=The Hindu|date=4 February 2021}}</ref>

== Publications ==
The books published by Rajesh include
* "History Will Impeach Them" (Charithram Avare Kuttakarennu Vilikkum) collection of articles on education, published in Malayalam, 2002
* "Agolavatkaranathinate Virudha Lokangal" (Contradictory Worlds of Globalisation) collection of articles in Malayalam on globalisation, 2008;
* "Agola Sampathika Prathisandhiyude Manangal", Compilation of articles on Global Recession, 2008, Malayalam

== References ==
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20071221065044/http://164.100.24.208/ls/lsmember/biodata.asp?mpsno=381 Official biographical sketch in Parliament of India website]

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