{"id":158980,"date":"2025-06-30T14:25:13","date_gmt":"2025-06-30T08:55:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.caravanalive.com\/?p=158980"},"modified":"2025-07-09T17:52:00","modified_gmt":"2025-07-09T12:22:00","slug":"hiers-from-political-dynasties-chandy-oommen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.caravanalive.com\/?p=158980","title":{"rendered":"Heirs from Political Dynasties: Chandy Oommen"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"2a6a8c3593e6620bd92d71f585bdd19b\" data-index=\"4\" style=\"float: none; margin:10px 0 10px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6453632170035383\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- NEW RESPONSIVE -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6453632170035383\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"2960496911\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mathrubhumi.com\/election\/nilambur-bypoll-2025\/chandy-oommen-s-election-campaign-in-edakkara-1.10684877\"><b>Nilambur Assembly By-Election, Chandy Oommen\u2019s Optimism\u00a0<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-158990 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.caravanalive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/509193395_18061698407166666_7036211349125156723_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.caravanalive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/509193395_18061698407166666_7036211349125156723_n.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/www.caravanalive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/509193395_18061698407166666_7036211349125156723_n-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.caravanalive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/509193395_18061698407166666_7036211349125156723_n-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/www.caravanalive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/509193395_18061698407166666_7036211349125156723_n-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.caravanalive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/509193395_18061698407166666_7036211349125156723_n-450x563.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.caravanalive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/509193395_18061698407166666_7036211349125156723_n-1024x1280.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.caravanalive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/509193395_18061698407166666_7036211349125156723_n-480x600.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The results of the Nilambur Assembly By-election were released on 23rd of June 2025. UDF\u2019s contestant Aryadan Shoukath, secured a decisive victory defeating LDF\u2019s MS Swaraj by over 11,000 votes.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This became a major win for UDF, Kerala. Congress MLA Chandy Oommen interpreted this win as a reflection of strengthened anti-incumbency in Kerala. He expressed his optimism about UDF\u2019s return to the state with even more power. He thanked the people in this election, for their citing unity and voter\u2019s support.<\/span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-158989 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.caravanalive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/505775979_18361304842194295_4927382037810074429_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"810\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.caravanalive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/505775979_18361304842194295_4927382037810074429_n.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/www.caravanalive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/505775979_18361304842194295_4927382037810074429_n-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.caravanalive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/505775979_18361304842194295_4927382037810074429_n-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.caravanalive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/505775979_18361304842194295_4927382037810074429_n-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.caravanalive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/505775979_18361304842194295_4927382037810074429_n-450x338.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.caravanalive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/505775979_18361304842194295_4927382037810074429_n-800x600.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Advocate J.S. Akhil says, Chandy Oommen activities in Nilambur consisted of an emotional door-to-door campaign. He visited a total of 3000 houses, conversed with the people, and asked about the issues of the district. Akhil calls him a public servant who is modelled by the work and selfless service for the people.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-158987 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.caravanalive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/505740073_18361304806194295_3484153684014092449_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"810\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.caravanalive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/505740073_18361304806194295_3484153684014092449_n.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/www.caravanalive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/505740073_18361304806194295_3484153684014092449_n-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.caravanalive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/505740073_18361304806194295_3484153684014092449_n-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.caravanalive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/505740073_18361304806194295_3484153684014092449_n-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.caravanalive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/505740073_18361304806194295_3484153684014092449_n-450x338.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.caravanalive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/505740073_18361304806194295_3484153684014092449_n-800x600.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DLKJbx9yOBD\/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&amp;igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==\"><b>Pampady Block Panchayat<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-158982 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.caravanalive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/502345411_18362527567194295_6933215669657249516_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"810\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.caravanalive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/502345411_18362527567194295_6933215669657249516_n.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/www.caravanalive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/502345411_18362527567194295_6933215669657249516_n-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.caravanalive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/502345411_18362527567194295_6933215669657249516_n-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.caravanalive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/502345411_18362527567194295_6933215669657249516_n-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.caravanalive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/502345411_18362527567194295_6933215669657249516_n-450x338.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.caravanalive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/502345411_18362527567194295_6933215669657249516_n-800x600.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Chandy Oommen presided over the ceremony of dedicating various development works on the land of Pampady on 22nd June 2025. The developed works are majorly dedicated to Pampady Government Taluk Hospital.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DLKIfIlSzqc\/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&amp;igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==\"><b>Ayarkunnam Smart Village <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-158981 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.caravanalive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/502329118_18362526367194295_4675937644833711527_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"810\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.caravanalive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/502329118_18362526367194295_4675937644833711527_n.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/www.caravanalive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/502329118_18362526367194295_4675937644833711527_n-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.caravanalive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/502329118_18362526367194295_4675937644833711527_n-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.caravanalive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/502329118_18362526367194295_4675937644833711527_n-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.caravanalive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/502329118_18362526367194295_4675937644833711527_n-450x338.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.caravanalive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/502329118_18362526367194295_4675937644833711527_n-800x600.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">On 22nd June 2025, Chandy Oommen spoke as a Chairperson at the construction meeting of Ayarkunnam Smart Village. This is a great initiative taken towards setting up a great system at the local levels. It comes under Mahatma Gandhi\u2019s envisioned concept of a Smart Village. This will become an ideal village \u2013 which will be a complete republic and independent of its neighbours for its vital daily needs. This will ensure that every village must ensure that it grows its own food, milk and vegetables for the fellow villagers.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>About Chandy Oommen<\/b><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-158984 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.caravanalive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/504193021_18360660820194295_3623928770009550448_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"548\" height=\"634\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.caravanalive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/504193021_18360660820194295_3623928770009550448_n.jpg 548w, https:\/\/www.caravanalive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/504193021_18360660820194295_3623928770009550448_n-259x300.jpg 259w, https:\/\/www.caravanalive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/504193021_18360660820194295_3623928770009550448_n-450x521.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.caravanalive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/504193021_18360660820194295_3623928770009550448_n-519x600.jpg 519w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 548px) 100vw, 548px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Chandy Oommen, 39, the son of late Oommen Chandy, Kerala\u2019s two-times Chief Minister, entered the lanes of politics in the year 2023. Chandy Oommen is a young advocate born on 1st March, 1986.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">He has persuaded his graduation from BA in Economics (Mar Ivanios College.), BA Hons &amp; MA in History (St. Stephen\u2019s College, DU), LLB (DU), LLM in Criminology (NLU Delhi), and further LLM in Constitutional Law (Christ University, Bengaluru).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">He practises law at the Supreme Court since 2016 and also works as an adjunct law lecturer in Noida and Delhi.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">He entered mainstream politics in the year 2023, in September 2023\u2019s by-election. He won the election and was elected from Puthuppally, succeeding his father with a record margin of 37,719 votes even higher than his father&#8217;s previous record margin of 33,255.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Even as a student, he held the position of a Secretary in the Indian Youth Congress and later as a Chairman of the National Outreach Cell (2022-2024). He even participated in Rahul Gandhi\u2019s Bharat Jodo Yatra, a barefoot walk in late 2022.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-158985 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.caravanalive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/504965606_18361304824194295_8533851044249022846_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"810\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.caravanalive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/504965606_18361304824194295_8533851044249022846_n.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/www.caravanalive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/504965606_18361304824194295_8533851044249022846_n-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.caravanalive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/504965606_18361304824194295_8533851044249022846_n-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.caravanalive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/504965606_18361304824194295_8533851044249022846_n-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.caravanalive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/504965606_18361304824194295_8533851044249022846_n-450x338.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.caravanalive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/504965606_18361304824194295_8533851044249022846_n-800x600.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">He is continuing the grassroots legacy of his father such as visiting homes, responds to constituents, and is actively hands-on in the region.\u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">He focuses on youth outreach, as chairman of the Indian Youth Congress\u2019s outreach cell, he worked to engage young voters and volunteers across India. As an advocate, he represents Kerala in legal matters: appointed as an empanelled advocate for the National Highways Authority of India in Kerala courts since Sept 2024.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Chandy Oommen is emerging as a prominent young leader in the Kerala Congress, leveraging his legal expertise, educational background, and grassroots appeal. With his growing visibility and trust in Puthuppally, he\u2019s likely to play a key role in Kerala politics going forward.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In summary, Chandy Oommen represents the new generation of Congress leadership in Kerala: educated, legally adept, and committed to continuing the legacy of his father with a strong connection to grassroots issues.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This article is a part of a series on what young heirs from famous political dynasties are saying.\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nilambur Assembly By-Election, Chandy Oommen\u2019s Optimism\u00a0 The results of the Nilambur Assembly By-election were released on 23rd of June 2025. UDF\u2019s contestant Aryadan Shoukath, secured a decisive victory defeating LDF\u2019s MS Swaraj by over 11,000 votes.\u00a0 This became a major win for UDF, Kerala. Congress MLA Chandy Oommen interpreted this win as a reflection of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":101,"featured_media":158984,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[{"category_id":36,"category_link":"https:\/\/www.caravanalive.com\/?cat=36","category_name":"Article"},{"category_id":1368,"category_link":"https:\/\/www.caravanalive.com\/?cat=1368","category_name":"Politics"}],"tags":[{"tag_id":7656,"tag_link":"https:\/\/www.caravanalive.com\/?tag=chanyoommen","tag_name":"#chanyoommen"},{"tag_id":7433,"tag_link":"https:\/\/www.caravanalive.com\/?tag=politicalelections","tag_name":"#political#elections"},{"tag_id":2234,"tag_link":"https:\/\/www.caravanalive.com\/?tag=kerala","tag_name":"Kerala"}],"class_list":["post-158980","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-article","category-politics","tag-chanyoommen","tag-politicalelections","tag-kerala"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Heirs from Political Dynasties: Chandy Oommen - Alive<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.caravanalive.com\/?p=158980\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Heirs from Political Dynasties: Chandy Oommen - Alive\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Nilambur Assembly By-Election, Chandy Oommen\u2019s Optimism\u00a0 The results of the Nilambur Assembly By-election were released on 23rd of June 2025. 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