Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan’s daughter Veena ties knot with DYFI leader Mohammad Riyas

Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan’s daughter Veena and DYFI (Democratic Youth Federation of India) national president Mohammad Riyas tied the knot in a low-key ceremony held today. The marriage function was held at Cliff House, official residence of the chief minister at Thiruvananthapuram. Only a few guests including close relatives and friends attended the ceremony which was in compliance with COVID-19 protocol.

This is the second marriage of both Veena and Riyas. Veena was earlier married a lawyer and has 10-year old son.

Veena is an IT entrepreneur. After working with leading software firms like Oracle, she set up own company named Exalogic Solutions in Bangalore. Recently, her company was in the eye of a storm after the Opposition UDF alleged that Exalogic has ties with the US company Sprinklr which was selected by Kerala government for collating and analysing the data of COVID-19 patients and persons under quarantine.

Riyas is one of the young faces of the CPM and a familiar face in the TV channel discussions. He was appointed as DYFI national president in 2017. He contested in Lok Sabha elections in 2009 from Kozhikode, but lost to UDF’s M.K Raghavan.