[1] He is the state vice president of the Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI), Kerala unit.
He completed his graduation in Physics from Payyanur College and Masters in Philosophy from Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit, Payyannur Regional Centre.
After holding unit level, area-level and district leadership of Balasangham, he was elected as the State Secretary of the organisation in 2011.
His active engagement in student politics made him the unit president of the SFI school committee in Govt.
In 2015, under the leadership of M Vijin, Students’ Federation of India (SFI) took to Kerala's streets in protest, often following violent clashes with the police, against the deadly delay in the distribution of SCERT textbooks in government and aided schools in the state.
[8] Vijin wanted the government to order a comprehensive inquiry into the textbook issue and the alleged corruption involved in printing the books in a private press.
Abdu Rabb was heavily charged by SFI on textbook issue, and around 40 students were arrested by police for participating in the series of agitations across the state.
[9][10][11] SFI leaders including M Vijin, VP Sanu and Jaick C Thomas were injured in this month long struggle.
[12] They also photocopied and printed SCERT textbooks and distributed them in various schools across the state, inviting public appreciation.
SFI conducted massive protest rally in front of the Global Education meet at the Leela Convention centre at Kovalam, Trivandrum.
[18] The student had hung himself inside his hostel room after invigilator Praveen, who is also a teacher at the Nehru college, allegedly threatened him by barring from examinations.
[18][19] He strongly voiced against the high rate of annual tuition fee for MBBS course in private medical colleges.