Benny Behanan is a Kerala

Kerala

or Keralam is an Indian state located on the Malabar coast of south-west India. It was created on 1 November 1956 by the States Reorganisation Act by combining various Malayalam speaking regions....

 politician of the Indian National Congress

Indian National Congress

The Indian National Congress is one of the two major political parties in India, the other being the Bharatiya Janata Party. It is the largest and one of the oldest democratic political parties in the world. The party's modern liberal platform is largely considered center-left in the Indian...

 party. He has been holding the post of General Secretary of the Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee

Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee

Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee is the unit of the Indian National Congress - the world's largest political organization -working in the state of Kerala. Its head office is situated at Trivandrum ....

 for the last 17 years. He is the present UDF candidate for the 2011 Kerala State Assembly elections from Thrikkakara

Thrikkakara

Thrikkakkara is a suburb of the city of Kochi, as well as a municipality in Ernakulam District in the Indian state of state of Kerala. It is especially notable for its significance in the festival of Onam, and in the tale associated with it. Thrikkakkara is home for the esteemed centre of...

. Earlier he had won Piravom

Piravom

Piravom is a town situated in Muvattupuzha Taluk of Ernakulam district in Kerala state, south India. It is 33 km South East of Cochin city & 42 km north of Kottayam town. Piravom is famous for historic Hindu temples and Syrian Christian churches. The town lies 22 km from the Taluka...

 in 1982, and contested unsuccessfully to the Lok Sabha as UDF Candidate from Idukki Parliament Constituency in 2004.

Political Life

Hailing from a Congress family, Benny Behanan has hold various positions with in the party.

• State president of the Kerala Students Union
  Kerala Students Union
  Kerala Students Union is the Kerala branch of the National Students Union of India, the student wing of the Indian National Congress. KSU was founded on May 30, 1957 in Alappuzha.-About KSU:...
  
   (KSU) from 1978–1979
• General Secretary, Kerala Pradesh Youth Congress Committee from 1979–1982
• Member of KPCC Executive Since 1981
• In 1982, he was elected to the Kerala State Legislative Assembly
• All India Congress Committee
  All India Congress Committee
  The All India Congress Committee is the Presidium or central decision-making assembly of the Indian National Congress Party. It is composed of members elected from State-level Pradesh Congress Committees and can have as many as a thousand members...
  
   (AICC) Member since 1996
• Managing Director, Veekshanam Daily Newspaper since 2006
• President of Thrissur District Congress Committee since 2010

Personal life

Benny Behanan was born to O. Thomas and Chinnamma Thomas on 22 August 1952 at Vengola

Vengola

Vengola is a Panchayat and Village in Ernakulam district in the Indian state of Kerala..-Demographics: India census, Vengola had a population of 26034 with 13335 males and 12699 females....

, near Perumbavoor

Perumbavoor

Perumbavoor is a suburban region of Kochi city and a municipality in Ernakulam District in the Indian state of Kerala. It lies in the North Eastern tip of the Greater Cochin area and is also the headquarters of Kunnathunad Taluk. It is a Main Satellite Centres of Kochi City. Perumbavoor is famed...

 in present day Kerala

Kerala

or Keralam is an Indian state located on the Malabar coast of south-west India. It was created on 1 November 1956 by the States Reorganisation Act by combining various Malayalam speaking regions....

 state, South India. His father was also active with the Congress party. He is married to Sherly Benny, and is blessed with a son, Venu and, a daughter, Veena. A Nasarani Christian

Christian

A Christian is a person who adheres to Christianity, an Abrahamic, monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth as recorded in the Canonical gospels and the letters of the New Testament...

, Benny Behanan belongs to the Jacobite Syrian Christian Church

Jacobite Syrian Christian Church

The Jacobite Syrian Christian Church is part of the Syriac Orthodox Church, located in Kerala, India. It recognizes the Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch, currently Ignatius Zakka I Iwas, as its supreme head. It functions as a largely autonomous archdiocese within the church, under the authority...

.