T. T. V. Dhinakaran

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T. T. V. Dhinakaran
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Member of the 15th Tamil Nadu Assembly
for Dr. Radhakrishnan Nagar
In office
24 December 2017 (2017-12-24) –2 May 2021 (2021-05-02)
Preceded by V. K. Sasikala
ChildrenJaya Harini (daughter)
Parents
  • T. Vivekanandam (father)
  • V. Vanithamani (mother)
Relatives V. K. Sasikala
(aunt)
Residence(s)Jaya Harini 5, Venkateshwara Nagar 4th street, Adyar, T. Nagar, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Occupation
  • Businessman
  • politician

Thiruthurapoondi Thiruvenkatam Vivekananda Dhinakaran (born 13 December 1963) [1] [2] is an Indian politician and founding General Secretary of Amma Makkal Munneetra Kazagam. His cadres revered him as Makkal Selvar.[ clarification needed ] In the past he was the Treasurer of All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Party and served as the Member of Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha. He was expelled from the AIADMK in August 2017. [3] [4] He also served as former Member of the 15th Tamil Nadu Assembly from Dr. Radhakrishnan Nagar (2017-2021). [5] He is the nephew of V. K. Sasikala. He won the highly anticipated RK Nagar by-election in December 2017. On 15 March 2018 Dhinakaran launched his political party named Amma Makkal Munnettra Kazagam. [6]

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Early life

Dhinakaran was born on 12 December 1963. He is the son of Sasikala's sister Vanithamani, T. Vivekanandam Muniyaraiyar. His younger brother, Baskaran "Bas", had a brief stint in cinema as the protagonist in Thalaivan (2014). [7]

Dhinakaran is described as a cool-headed and religious person. [7]

Political career

Dhinakaran was a Member of Lok Sabha, representing Periyakulam from 1999 to 2004, [8] [9] and was runner-up in the seat at 2004 general election when he was defeated by J. M. Aaron Rashid. In the 2017 R.K. Nagar by-election, he defeated AIADMK's candidate E. Madhusudhanan with a huge margin of votes as an independent candidate. [10] He assumed the office of MLA on 29 December 2017.

Dinakaran was reinducted into the AIADMK and appointed deputy general secretary on 15 February 2017, hours before V. K. Sasikala left to surrender herself in the Bengaluru court to serve the jail term in a disproportionate assets case. He was expelled from the party in August 2017 [3] and launched his own party, Amma Makkal Munnettra Kazagam (AMMK), on 15 March 2018. [6] Dhinakaran announced that Sasikala would be the general secretary while he would be the deputy general secretary. [11] On 19 April 2019, he was elected as the general secretary. [12]

He failed to win his seat to Kadambur Raju in Kovilpatti Assembly constituency in 2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election. [13] [14] Dhinakaran anncounced on 11 March 2024 that his party was joining the National Democratic Alliance led by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ahead of the 2024 Indian general election, assuring it of unconditional support. [15] It failed to win from any of the two seats, although Dhinakaran managed to become the runner-up in the elections to the Theni Lok Sabha constituency. [16]

Lawsuit

On 17 April 2017, Delhi police registered a case against Dhinakaran regarding an allegation of attempting to bribe the Election Commission of India (ECI) for the AIADMK's election symbol. [17] It was claimed that a middle-man named Sukesh Chandrasekhar was raided and arrested in Delhi and was found with 13 million, allegedly meant as a bribe for the ECI in exchange for the symbol. Dinakaran was charged with conspiracy and corruption in the case. [18] The Tis Hazari Special Court granted him bail [19] on the grounds that the police had failed to identify the public official allegedly bribed, accepting the argument made by his lawyer Aman Lekhi. [20]

Elections

Electoral performance

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Kovilpatti [21]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AIADMK Kadambur Raju 68,556 38.13% −0.83
AMMK T. T. V. Dhinakaran 56,15331.23%New
CPI(M) K. Srinivasan37,38020.79%New
NTK M. Gomathi9,2135.12%+3.87
MNM K. Kathiravan3,6672.04%New
NOTA NOTA1,1240.63%−0.79
Margin of victory12,4036.90%6.64%
Turnout 1,79,80467.62%0.92%
Rejected ballots5760.32%
Registered electors 2,65,915
AIADMK hold Swing -0.83%

2017 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly By-election: Dr. Radhakrishnan Nagar [22] [23] [24]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent T. T. V. Dhinakaran 89,013 50.32 N/A
AIADMK E. Madhusudhnan 48,30627.31−28.56
DMK N. Marudhu Ganesh24,65113.94−19.2
NTK Kalaikottuthayam3,8022.15N/A
None of the Above NOTA2,3731.34−0.31
Margin of victory40,70723.01+0.28
Turnout 1,76,89077.68+9.32
Independent gain from AIADMK Swing

Lok Sabha elections

2024 Indian general election: Theni
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
DMK Thanga Tamil Selvan 571,493 50.08 N/A
AMMK T. T. V. Dhinakaran 292,66825.65Increase2.svg13.39
AIADMK V. T. Narayanasamy155,58713.63Decrease2.svg29.33
NTK J. Madhan76,8346.73Increase2.svg4.36
NOTA None of the above11,3360.99Increase2.svg0.08
Margin of victory2,78,82524.43Increase2.svg17.86
Turnout 11,41,219
DMK gain from AIADMK Swing

General election 2004

General election, 2004: Periyakulam
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC J. M. Aaron Rashid 346,85149.51n/a
AIADMK T.T.V. Dhinakaran 325,69646.49+0.85
Majority21,1553.02−3.86
Turnout 700,60366.29+6.93
INC gain from AIADMK Swing +49.51
UPA gain from AIADMK Swing

General election 1999

PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AIADMK T.T.V. Dhinakaran303,88145.6%-6.2%
DMK P.Selvendran258,07538.8%-1.6%
PT Mansoor Alikhan87,42913.1%+9.8%
Dhiravida Thelugar Munnetra KazhagamP.R.Jeganathan1,4140.2%New
IND A.Sadayandi1,3270.2%New
IND C.Rajagopal1,2560.2%New
IND K.Elamurugan1,1050.2%New
Majority45,8066.9%-4.5%
Turnout 665,82459.4%+2.2%
AIADMK hold

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