Anil Akkara

Anil Akkara
Member of Legislative Assembly, Wadakkancherry, Kerala
In office 2016–2021
Preceded by	C. N. Balakrishnan
Succeeded by	Xavier Chittilappilly
Constituency	Wadakkancherry
Personal details
Political party	Indian National Congress

Anil Akkara (born 1972) is an Indian politician of the Indian National Congress, social worker and farmer from Kerala, India. He represented the Wadakkancherry constituency in Kerala Legislative Assembly.[1]

Political Career

He was elected to the Kerala Legislative Assembly from the Wadakkancherry assembly constituency in 2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election by defeating Mary Thomas of CPI(M) by a margin of 43 votes, one of the shortest margins of a winning candidate in the elections.[2][3] Anil Akkara was defeated by Xavier Chittilappilly LDF Candidate in 2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election with a vote margin of 15,168 votes.

Initiatives

During his tenure as President of Adat grama panchayath, Akkara has transformed the village with organic farming and sanitation initiatives.[4] Every household in Adat, which has a population of 40,000, gets drinking water, is self-reliant in agriculture, has its own brand of organic rice and coconut oil, and owns a "tourism village".[5] Adat Panchayat has won several awards including Panchayat Sashaktikaran Puraskar of the Central government and the state's Swaraj Award for an ideal panchayat.[6]

References

1. "Members Profile". www.niyamasabha.nic.in. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
2. "Kerala suspense ends, Anil Akkara wins". Mathrubhumi. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
3. "Kerala 2001". eci.gov.in.
4. Radhakrishnan, M. G. "Anil Akkara". India Today. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
5. "Kerala: Work in panchayat won him a ticket to Vadakkanchery". The Indian Express. 4 May 2016. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
6. Nidhin, T. R. (9 October 2015). "Adat, a model grama panchayat to emulate". Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 17 June 2018.