Party Name : Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Constituency : Chennai North
State : Tamil Nadu
Member Experience : Elected to Loksabha 3 time
Last Loksabha Attended : 14
Father's Name : Shri Chengalvarayan
Mother's Name :
Date of birth : 13 Dec 1926
Profession : Trade Unionist Journalist, Social Worker, Publisher
Positions held :
1998 Elected to 12th Lok Sabha1998-99 Member, Committee on PetitionsMember, Committee on Petroleum and ChemicalsMember, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Surface Transport1999 Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (2nd term)1999-2004 Deputy Leader, DMK Parliamentary Party, Lok Sabha1999-2000 Member, Committee on Petitions1999-2002 Member, Committee on Labour and Welfare2000-2001 Member, Committee on Public Accounts2000-2004 Member, Committee on Members of Parliament Local Area Development SchemeMember, Consultative Committee, Ministry of TextilesMember, Business Advisory Committee2002-2004 Member, Estimates CommitteeMember, Delimitation CommitteeMember Committee on Science and Technology2004 Re-elected to 14th Lok Sabha (3rd term)Leader, DMK Parliamentary Party, Lok SabhaChairman, Estimates CommitteeMember, General Purposes CommitteeMember, Committee on RailwaysMember, Rules Committee5 Aug. 2007 onwards Member, Standing Committee on Defence1 May 2008 Chairperson, Financial Committee on Esitmates
More Information :
Literary, Artistic & Scientific Accomplishments
Publisher Uzhaippali—a Tamil monthly, an official organ of Labour Progressive Federation; and Trustee, Murasoli—a Tamil daily
Social And Cultural Activities
Sponsoring and participating in workers education classes, seminars, camps,workshops; imparting leadership training to the workers on behalf of Labour Progressive Federation; helping physically handicapped through Anna Memorial Trust; and also helping bright students through Murasoli Trust
Special Interests
Trade union activities and helping unorganised labour to organise themselves for achieving social justice
Favourite Pastime and Recreation
Reading books, contributing articles to journals and watching cricket matches on Television
Countries Visited
Japan; as a member of National Productivity Council sponsored by the Asian Productivity Organisation, Japan
Other Information
Served 24 years in Railways; as Trade Union Leader, conducted and participated in Railways and All India Government Employees Strikes, 1968 and 1969; Member, All India Joint Action Committee for the Railway Strike in 1975; held various positions in Labour Progressive Federation since 1970 and its President since 1977; also President, Labour Wing, DMK since 1977
