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As of the mid-1980s he served as the Secretary of the CPI Karnataka State Council.<ref>{{cite book|title=Amity|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=W31IUwvoAvsC|year=1985|publisher=Indo-Soviet Cultural Society.|page=28}}</ref><ref name=”Rao1989″>{{cite book|author=Y. V. Krishna Rao|title=Trends in Agrarian Economy|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=escgAAAAIAAJ|year=1989|publisher=People’s Publishing House|page=246|isbn=978-81-7007-091-7 }}</ref> |
As of the mid-1980s he served as the Secretary of the CPI Karnataka State Council.<ref>{{cite book|title=Amity|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=W31IUwvoAvsC|year=1985|publisher=Indo-Soviet Cultural Society.|page=28}}</ref><ref name=”Rao1989″>{{cite book|author=Y. V. Krishna Rao|title=Trends in Agrarian Economy|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=escgAAAAIAAJ|year=1989|publisher=People’s Publishing House|page=246|isbn=978-81-7007-091-7 }}</ref> |
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He served as President of the [[All India Trade Union Congress]] 1990–1995.<ref name=a/><ref>All India Trade Union Congress. |
He served as President of the [[All India Trade Union Congress]] 1990–1995.<ref name=a/><ref>All India Trade Union Congress. [https://mighil.com/39th-session-of-aiutc 39th Session of AITUC Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala)]{{Dead link|date=July 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> MSK was active in organizing public sector unions in Bangalore, and took active part in the Joint Action Front as a measure to mobilize public sector workers.<ref name=a/> |
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Indian politician
M. S. Krishnan, or MSK, was an Indian trade unionist and leader of Communist Party of India.[1] MSK became involved in student movement, and would leave his studies unfinished to become a full-time labour organizer in Bangalore.[1] He was jailed on a number of occasions.[1] He donated all property he had inherited to the Communist Party.[1] MSK was elected to the Karnataka Legislative Assembly four times as a CPI candidate (1967, 1972, 1978, 1983) – twice from the Malleswaram constituency and twice from the Rajajinagar constituency.[1][2][3] As of the late 1970s he was the publisher of the Kannada-language monthly Aruna.[4]
As of the mid-1980s he served as the Secretary of the CPI Karnataka State Council.[5][6]
He served as President of the All India Trade Union Congress 1990–1995.[1][7] MSK was active in organizing public sector unions in Bangalore, and took active part in the Joint Action Front as a measure to mobilize public sector workers.[1]
MSK died on September 5, 2000.[1]
