P.V. Anvar
Member of the Kerala Legislative Assembly
Assumed office
2016
Preceded byAryadan Muhammed
ConstituencyNilambur
Personal details
Born (1967-05-26) 26 May 1967
Edavanna, Malappuram, Kerala, India
Political partyLDF Independent

P.V. Anwar is an Indian politician and businessman, the current MLA of Nilambur, Kerala and Sultan of Nilambur.

Biography

P. V. Anvar was born in Malappuram district on 26 May 1967, the fourth son of P. V. Shoukath Ali and Mariyumma. Puthanveettil family is one of the ancient families of Malabar which was very close to the Indian National Congress from the great struggle for independence on. P V Anvar was attracted by the same ideology and still he keeps himself close to it. He completed his schooling at Malabar Christian College School, Kozhikkode, and moved to MES Mampad College where he did his graduation in Economics. He was the college union chairman during his period. After his studies, as an entrepreneur he started PeeVeeaaR Crushers which has grown into one of the prominent crushers in Malabar. He contested from Ernad Constituency as an independent candidate and came second in the run in the assembly elections in 2011.

Political career

P.V. Anwar's family was followers of INC. So he was also attracted by the same ideology. He was the college union chairman, and a representative of KSU, the student wing of INC, during his MES Mampad College life. He contested from Ernad Constituency as an independent candidate in the assembly elections 2011. In 2014 Loksabha Election, he contested as an independent candidate in Wayanad (Lok Sabha constituency).

In the 2016 Assembly elections, Anvar contested as LDF candidate and elected from Nilambur constituency, defeating Aryadan Shoukath of INC. In 2019 Lok Sabha election, he contested as LDF candidate from Ponnani Lok Sabha Constituency. In the 2021 Assembly elections, Anvar again contested as LDF candidate and election from Nilambur constituency, defeating V V Prakash of INC.

Personal life

P.V. Anwar is married to Sheeja, and they have three daughters and a son. He also later married Hafsath.

Controversies

As a businessman and politician, P.V. Anwar ended up in lot of controversies, mainly regarding illegal activities like land encroachment and illegal construction.

In May 2018, a probe report by Kozhikode district administration had accused P.V Anwar of illegal construction at Kakkadampoyil water theme park. In his resort, Kozhikode District Collector PV Thomas has accused Anwar of carrying out unauthorized construction at the theme park. The Kerala State Disaster Management Authority has issued a stop memo to the controversial park in June 2018, due to illegal construction. Revenue department ordered to demolish the illegal check dam constructed by P.V. Anvar, for the water theme park. Anvar objected to it and moved to court against the order. But in April 2019, High Court ordered the immediate demolition of the illegal check dam.[1][2][3]

P.V. Anvar started a fresh controversy in April 2019, when he accused the Communist Party of India (CPI), whose ministers are holding the Revenue and forest departments in Kerala Government, of trying to destroy his business ventures, by taking legal actions against his water theme Park. CPI protested strongly against his remarks.[4]

The illegal constructions done by PV Anwar accentuated the vagaries caused due to Kerala Floods 2018.[5]

In February 2021, there was huge social media uproar against Africa visit of PV Anwar. A section of netizens came out flooding the comment section of President of Ghana, Nana Akufo-Addo's Facebook page with sarcastic meme demanding release of PV Anwar from Ghana jail.[6][7] Later PV Anwar came out with a clarification in social media that he is at Sierra Leone for business activities.[8]

References

  1. ↑ Samayam Malayalam (16 March 2018). "CPM MLA PV Anwar in trouble over illegal construction at theme park | Kozhikode News - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
  2. ↑ "Stop memo issued to PV Anwar's water theme park". Mathrubhumi. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
  3. ↑ "HC orders immediate demolition of illegal check dam built by P V Anwar MLA". Mathrubhumi. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
  4. ↑ "Election 2019".
  5. ↑ "Why Kerala MLA PV Anwar needs to be held accountable for his actions". The News Minute. 22 August 2019. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
  6. ↑ Naha, Abdul Latheef (6 February 2021). "Malayalis swarm Ghana President's FB page". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
  7. ↑ "Keralites comment on Ghana president's FB page to release PV Anvar". Mathrubhumi. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
  8. ↑ "Why Indians flooded President Akufo-Addo's Facebook page". Graphic Online. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
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