A. N. Shamseer

In April 2021, with the election code of conduct in place, there is a quick move to appoint his wife in violation of the rules. The complaint is that there is a move to appoint the MLA’s wife in Kannur University in violation of the rules. The interview is for the permanent post of Assistant Director at UGC HRD Centre.

In January 2021, a complaint has been raised against Dr PM Shahala, wife of AN Shamseer MLA, regarding an illegal attempt to appoint her in Calicut University. The Save University campaign has complained to the governor about this. According to the complaint, Dr P Kelu, who was Shahala's research guide, has been appointed to the interview board to interview her.

In August 2019, the Police investigation team probing the case of attempted murder of former CPM leader COT Nazeer, took a car used by MLA A N Shamseer into custody, following charges that it was in the Innova car the accused hatched the conspiracy to attack Nazeer.^[13]

In July 2018, the Kannur University has used caste rotation as an excuse to appoint A. N. Shamseer MLA's wife Sahala Shamseer, as assistant professor on contract basis in the department of pedagogical sciences as assistant professor.

In July 2017, A N Shamseer's photo being imprinted on calendars distributed in government schools in Thalassery, his constituency. The calendars also bear the caption "Nammude kunjungal thottadutha pothuvidhyalathilekku" (our kids to the near by public schools). The calendars were distributed as part of an educational project "Ellarum Schoolinu Oppam" led by the MLA in his constituency.^[16]

In 2012, Shamseer issued threats against the in a speech while he was DYFI's Kannur district president. He was tried in 2016, and sentenced to three months in prison and a ₹2000 fine for criminal intimidation.^[17]

On 21 July 2023, A.N. Shamseer stated at a public function that the Indian federal government's education policy was trying to teach mythology to children instead of achievements in science and technology. He further said that lies were being told that infertility treatment, aircraft and plastic surgery all existed in the ancient Vedic period.^[19] "If one were to ask a question as to who invented the aircraft, my answer would be the Wright brothers which we learnt in school," he said. Shamseer said that efforts were being made to establish that the first aircraft was a pushpaka vimana. "The science is not ganapati and pushpaka vimana. Those are myths. The superstitions of the Hindutva era will push back progressive ideals." A controversy erupted following this when a leader of the Hindutva organization Yuva Morcha threatened to chop off Shamseer's hand.^[20] P. Jayarajan, a leader of Shamsheer's party the CPI(M), responded that if Yuva Morcha raised its hand against Shamsheer, its place would be in a mortuary.^[21] Other Hindutva organizations like the RSS, VHP, Hindu Aikyavedi and BJP claimed that Shamseer had insulted Hinduism by suggesting that Ganapati was a myth.^[22]