Kozhikode: Consumerfed Chairman M Mehboob was unanimously elected as the CPM, Kozhikode district secretary here on Friday. He replaces P Mohanan, who has completed three terms of the post. He was elected at the district committee conference at Narayana Nagar, Vatakara.

Mehboob is currently serving as the district secretary of the Karshaka Sangam. He served as the president of the district co-operative bank and state co-operative Bank and also as the director of the Kerala Bank and Rubco. He worked as the Vice-Chairman of the Kerafed and also as the Chairman for a short period.

He came into active politics through the CPM's students wing SFI and was a state-level leader of the youth wing DYFI. He was elected as the President of the Atholi Grama panchayat at the age of 24. The district conference also announced a 47-member district committee. In the new committee, 13 members were newly added.