Party Name : Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Constituency : Tiruchirappalli
State : Tamil Nadu
Member Experience : Elected to Loksabha 1 time
Last Loksabha Attended : 14
Father's Name : Shri Loganathan
Mother's Name : Smt. Govindammal
Date of birth : 24 Apr 1934
Profession : Social Worker
Positions held :
1967,1971 and 1989 Member, Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly (three terms)1980-86 Member, Rajya Sabha1986 Member, Tamil Nadu Legislative Council2004 Elected to 14th Lok SabhaChairman, M.D.M.K. PartyLeader, M.D.M.K. Parliamentary PartyMember, Committee on Rural DevelopmentMember, Committee of Privileges5 Aug. 2007 onwards Member, Committee on Social Justice & Empowerment
More Information :
Books Published
Crusade against Hindi Imperialism; also written and published more than a dozen books both in English and Tamil
Other Information
Skilled orator in Tamil and English; won many prizes for writing and oration; selected as university orator in the year 1962-63; a student leader and spear-headed Anti-Hindi Agitation of 1965 which led to Bilingual Policy of Tamil Nadu State; courted imprisonment more than 20 times due to his participation in political movements and agitations; held high positions right from his political career in Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (D.M.K.)
