In A First, Father-In-Law Chief Minister, Son-In-Law MLA In Kerala Assembly

The 77-year old father-in-law is no one other than Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan while the lucky son-in-law is PA Mohammed Riyas, national president of the Democratic Youth Federation.

In a first, a father-in-law and son-in-law duo will make their presence felt together in the Kerala Assembly soon and thus script a new chapter in its decades-long history. The 77-year old father-in-law is no one other than Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan while the lucky son-in-law is PA Mohammed Riyas, national president of the Democratic Youth Federation. Mr Riyas is the husband of Mr Vijayan's daughter Veena, an IT entrepreneur based in Bengaluru. While Vijayan won by a whopping margin of over 50,000 votes from his home turf Dharmadam in Kannur district, the 44-year old Riyas got elected from Beypore, a Left bastion in Kozhikode.