P. J. Kurien
Pallath Joseph Kurien (born 28 March 1941) is an Indian politician, a social worker and educationist.He was the Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Parliament of India, till his retirement on 30 June 2018.[1][2] A leader of the Indian National Congress party, Kurien previously served as a Union Minister in the P. V. Narasimha Rao government and was a member of the Lok Sabha for four consecutive terms from 1980 to 1999.During these three inquiries, Kurien was only an opposition MP; Congress Party being out of power both at the Centre and in Kerala.[9][10] Sessions Judge Abraham Mathew in his order held that the victim's plea for inclusion of Kurien in the sex scandal case was not maintainable.