M. Chinnasamy is an Indian politician and former Minister and Member of the Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu.He was elected to the Tamil Nadu legislative assembly as an Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate from Karur constituency in 1980, and 1991 elections.He served as the Minister of Industries, Environment and Pollution Control of Tamil Nadu during (1993-1996). He is elected as a Member of Parliament to the 13th Lok Sabha in i.e.,(1999-2004) from Karur. [1] [2] [3]
Karur is a city in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Karur is the administrative headquarters of Karur district. It is located on the banks of River Amaravathi. Karur is well known for the export of Home Textile products to USA and Europe. It is situated at about 395 kilometres southwest of the state capital Chennai and 295 km away from Bengaluru.
Durai Murugan is an Indian Tamil politician and lawyer. He is the Minister for Water Resources under the government of M. K. Stalin since 2021. He is the general secretary of the DMK party since 9 September 2020. He graduated in M.A. and B.L. and is an advocate by profession. He is a very close confidant to former DMK Supremo M. Karunanidhi and his son DMK President M. K. Stalin. He also worked as Treasurer, Principal Secretary and Deputy General secretary of the DMK party
I. Periyasamy is an Indian Tamil politician who serves as the current Co-operation Minister of Tamil Nadu and the former minister for revenue and housing under the DMK regime from 2006 to 2011. He was born in Batlagundu on 6 January 1953. His son I. P. Senthil Kumar is an MLA of Palani constituency in Tamil nadu.
Panruti S. Ramachandran is an Indian Tamil politician and former Member of the Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu.
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C. Karuppasamy was an Indian politician and a former Member of the Legislative Assembly. He was elected to the Tamil Nadu legislative assembly from Sankaranayanarkoil constituency in the 1996, 2001, 2006 elections and 2011 elections as an Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (ADMK) candidate. His constituency was reserved for candidates from the Scheduled Castes.
S. Balakrishnan, also known as So. Balakrishnan or So.Ba, was a veteran Indian politician, President of Tamil Nadu Congress Committee (TNCC) and Opposition Leader of the Legislative Assembly (India)|Member of the Legislative Assembly]] of Tamil Nadu for 18 years. He was the Leader of the Opposition in the 11th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly (1996–2001).
M. Kannappan is an Indian politician and former Union minister for Non-conventional energy sources in A. B. Vajpayee's NDA rule between 1999-2004 Member of the Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu. He was elected to the Tamil Nadu legislative assembly as a Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate from Kinathukadavu constituency in 1967, and 1972 elections.
Edappadi K Palaniswami, popularly known as E.P.S., is an Indian politician and the current leader of opposition in the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly. He served as the 7th Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, from 2017 to 2021. He is also the joint coordinator of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam party.
S. Muthusamy is an Indian Tamil politician and Member of the Legislative Assembly and minister of Tamil Nadu. He was elected to the Tamil Nadu legislative assembly as an Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate from Erode constituency in 1977, 1980 and 1984 elections and from Bhavani constituency in 1991 election. He served as Transport Minister in MGR cabinet and as health minister in Jayalalitha cabinet formed after 1991 election.
K. A. Sengottaiyan is an Indian politician. He is the former Minister for School Education in the Government of Tamil Nadu. He also served as the party presidium chairman of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam. He is currently the longest serving ADMK MLA along with his opposition counterpart Duraimurugan.
T. M. Nallawamy was an Indian politician and Member of the Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu. He was elected to the Tamil Nadu legislative assembly as an Indian National Congress candidate from Karur constituency in the Tamil Nadu state assembly elections in 1957, 1962 and 1967.
K. Vadivel is an Indian politician and former Member of the Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu. He was elected to the Tamil Nadu legislative assembly as an Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate from Karur constituency in 1977, and 1984 elections.
K. Pitchandi, also known as K. Pichandi, is an Indian Tamil politician and the current Deputy Speaker of Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly.
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K. A. Krishnaswamy was an Indian politician and minister in the Government of Tamil Nadu. He was the younger brother of K.A. Murugesan, a DK leader and K. A. Mathiazhagan, a founding leader of the DMK. He was the third person from the Kaniyur family to enter into politics. Initially he belonged to the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) and was a Member of the Rajya Sabha.
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