Thomas Chazhikadan

[1] He successfully contested as Kerala Congress (M) candidate from Kottayam for Lok Sabha election in 2019.

[2] He was the elder brother of politician Babu Chazhikadan, who was the original candidate from Ettumanoor, but killed by a lightning strike during the election campaign of 1991.

[3] He is now a partner of Thomas Chazhikadan & Associates, a Chartered Accountant firm in Kottayam, Kerala.

He has served as the President of the Kottayam District Co-operative Society and the Vice-President of the New Bank of India Officers Association.

He had also been the Secretary of the Bankers Club, Kottayam and a member of the Mahatma Gandhi University Senate.