Panruti S. Ramachandran
| Panruti S. Ramachandran | |
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| Personal details | |
| Born |
10 November 1937 Panruti, Tamil Nadu, India |
| Political party | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| Religion | Hinduism |
Panruti S. Ramachandran (Tamil: panruti இராமச்சந்திரன்) (born November 10, 1937) is an Indian politician who belongs to the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) party.
Early Life and Education
He was born in a village named Puliyurkaattusaagai in Panruti taluk, Cuddalore District. He is the only son to his parents, Sankaradevan and Chinnapillai. He has two straight cousins, Kuppusamy and Krishnamoorthy. He did his schooling in St.David high school at Cuddalore Old Town. Bright in his studies, he was the topper of the school in SSLC exams. After SSLC, he joined Annamalai University for his PUC, where he later did his Engineering. Right from SSLC to engineering, he scored centum in all the Mathematics papers. Graduated in Electrical and Electronics Engineering ( hons degree in B.E), he then joined the Tamil Nadu Electricity Board as Assistant Engineer at Arni, North Arcot.
Politics
Ramachandran was the DMK student secretary of Annamalai University while he graduated there. As a secretary, he has organised DMK meetings at Chidamabaram, where Aringar Anna would be the prime speaker. Aringar Anna was impressed by Ramachandran's intelligence, dynamism and for his passion towards Dravidian ideologies.In the early 60s, as he was an engineer in TNEB, owned by government of Tamil Nadu, he used to speak in public meetings for DMK as "Sampath" ( he named his son as Sampath after his pen name).
He served as the Deputy Leader for Opposition in the floor of Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly during 2011 to 2013. He also served as the party presidium chairman of DMDK till 2013.[1] He started his political career as a Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam member. He was the Minister for Transport of Tamil Nadu during 1971-77. He later joined Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam. He has won six assembly elections contesting from Panruti constituency.[2]
He was elected to the Tamil Nadu legislative assembly from Panruti constituency as a Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate in 1967, and 1971 elections, as an Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate in 1977, 1980, and 1984 elections and as a Pattali Makkal Katchi candidate in 1991 election.[3][4][5][6][7][8] The chairman of the Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam presidium and Deputy Leader of the Opposition in the Tamil Nadu Assembly Panruti S. Ramachandran on Dec 10,2013 announced retirement from active politics. In his letter addressed to DMDK founder-president Vijayakant he stated that he had taken the decision as he had been maintaining indifferent health and his doctor had advised him to take rest
In 2014, he left the DMDK and joined the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) party due to abnormal distance formed between the DMDK and him. After that he spoke in many Constituencies for the AIADMK Victory in 16th Lok Shaba Election. In 2005 He received Periyar Award and in 2013, the Tamil Nadu government honours him with Arignar Anna Award.
References
- ↑ "DMDK is ready for tie-ups in elections". Times of India. 10 January 2010. Retrieved 11 February 2010.
- ↑ "Panruti witnessing a multi-cornered contest". The Hindu. 6 May 2006.
- ↑ 1967 Tamil Nadu Election Results, Election Commission of India
- ↑ 1971 Tamil Nadu Election Results, Election Commission of India
- ↑ 1977 Tamil Nadu Election Results, Election Commission of India
- ↑ 1980 Tamil Nadu Election Results, Election Commission of India
- ↑ 1984 Tamil Nadu Election Results, Election Commission of India
- ↑ 1991 Tamil Nadu Election Results, Election Commission of India