He represented Puthuppally
constituency as a member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) in
the State Assembly from 1970 until his death in 2023, making him the
longest-serving MLA of any state
legislature in India. He received an award for public
service from the United Nations in 2013. He was a
member of the Congress Working Committee, the apex decision-making body of
the Indian National Congress, at the time of his death.
As a political leader of Kerala, he served the people with much humility and sincerity of purpose all through his days in government as well as outside of it; Mr. Chandy leaves behind a rich legacy of public service; an outpouring of love and grateful remembrance by common people across the State when his body was taken on its final journey to the burial place is emblematic of the numerous lives he touched throughout his life as a people’s leader.
During that historic visit of Imam- Jamaat Ul Sahih Al Islam International Hazrat Muhyiuddin Al Khalifatullah Munir Ahmad Azim (aba) of Mauritius to India, Hazrat Saheb (aba) visited Kerala to meet with his disciples and followers in the State. While leaving from the Noor’ul Islam Masjid- Mathra (south Kerala) to meet with his dicisples in the north of Kerala, on the train journey of Hazrat Khalifatullah (aba); Mr. Chandy and his then colleagues, including the late P.T.Thomas MLA, and Mr. A.P. Abdullah Kutty [currently, chairman of the national Hajj Committee of India] met with Hazrat Saheb (aba) and they discussed the need for inter-religious harmony, and amity among the people, and global peace.
May his soul
rest in peace.