THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan’s daughter Veena tied the knot with CPI (M) leader P A Muhammed Riyaz Monday morning at 10.30 am. The function was held at the Cliff House, the official residence of the chief minister. This is for the first time a marriage is taking place at the Cliff House. The marriage was held following COVID protocol.

Veena is the managing director of Exalogic Solutions Pvt Ltd, a start-up firm in Bengaluru. Vivek Kiran is her brother working in a bank in Abu Dhabi.

Riyaz, who hails from Kozhikode, is the all-India president of DYFI, the youth wing of the CPI (M). He is also a member of the CPI (M) state committee. He became the all India President in 2017. He had contested the Lok Sabha polls in 2009. Riyaz is the son of P M Abdul Khader and K M Ayesha Beevi.

This is Veena’s and Riyaz’s second marriage. Veena has a son from her first marriage while Riyaz has two sons.