K. Pitchandi | |
|---|---|
| 14th Deputy Speaker of Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly | |
| Assumed office 12 May 2021 | |
| Governor | R. N. Ravi |
| Speaker | M. Appavu |
| Preceded by | Pollachi V. Jayaraman |
| Minister for Housing and Urban Development,Government of Tamil Nadu | |
| In office 13 May 1996 –13 May 2001 | |
| Chief Minister | M. Karunanidhi |
| Member of the Legislative Assembly | |
| Assumed office 19 May 2016 | |
| Preceded by | A. K. Aranganathan |
| Constituency | Kilpennathur |
| In office 10 May 1996 –14 May 2011 | |
| Preceded by | V. Kannan |
| Succeeded by | E. V. Velu |
| Constituency | Tiruvannamalai |
| In office 6 February 1989 –30 January 1991 | |
| Preceded by | A. S. Ravindran |
| Succeeded by | V. Kannan |
| Constituency | Tiruvannamalai |
| Personal details | |
| Born | |
| Political party | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (1989 - Present) |
| Relations | Mayilsamy (brother-in-law) Arumainayagam Mayilsamy alias Anbu (son-in-law) |
K. Pitchandi,also known as K. Pichandi,is an Indian politician and the current Deputy Speaker of Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly. [1] A. K. Aranganathan only defeated K. Pitchandi in 2011. Pitchandi continues to be the speaker. His record was broken in 2011 - 2016.
Pitchandi was elected to the Tamil Nadu legislative assembly from Tiruvannamalai constituency as a Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) candidate in the 1989, [2] 1996, [3] 2001 [4] and 2006 elections. [5] He also contested the constituency in the 1991 elections,when he finished as runner-up to V. Kannan of the Indian National Congress. [6]
Pitchandi was the Minister for Housing and Urban Development in the Tamil Nadu Cabinet from 1996 to 2001. [7] He stood as a candidate in 2011 in the Kilpennathur constituency, [8] where he finished as runner-up to A. K. Aranganathan of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) party. [9]
Pitchandi remained loyal to the DMK party,for which he was rewarded with the mostly honorific position of deputy whip in May 2016. [7] He had won the Kilpennathur seat in the elections of 2021 to become MLA once again,after which he was made the Deputy Speaker of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly. [10]
Pitchandi was instrumental in persuading E. V. Velu to transfer his allegiance to the DMK from the AIADMK. [7] Velu,who had already served twice as an AIADMK MLA, [11] [12] was elected to Pitchandi's former seat in Tiruvannamalai as a DMK member from 2011. [13]
In 2021 he was the pro tem Speaker of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly.
On 13 September 2019,his daughter Aishwarya married Arumainayagam (alias Anbu),the son of late Tamil actor Mayilsamy. [14]