P. Saravanan

P. Saravanan
Joint Secretary of the AIADMK Medical Wing
Incumbent
Assumed office
27 September 2023
General SecretaryEdappadi K. Palaniswami
Personal details
Born
Saravanan

Tamil Nadu, India
Political party All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (since 2023)

P. Saravanan is an Indian politician and an actor. He was a former Member of Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu from Thirupparankundram Constituency.[1] He is currently serving as the Joint Secretary of AIADMK State Medical Wing.[2]

Political career

Saravanan started his political career as the Madurai Rural Unit Secretary of the Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK) and later moved to the DMK because he was denied the ticket to contest the polls by MDMK.[3] Saravanan was also a member of the BJP earlier during 2015.[4]

He was then made as the Deputy Leader of Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Party's Doctor wing. During the by- elections held for Tamil Nadu Legislative assembly on 19 May, he defeated his rival Muniyandi of the AIADMK with a difference of 2936 votes.[5]

Later he joined Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on 14 March 2021, upset as the DMK did not give him a seat to contest.[6][5] Within hours of joining the BJP, Saravanan was allotted the Madurai North constituency.[7] Many cadres of BJP protested stating that the constituency should not be allotted to him and many cadres locked the BJP office at K Pudur as protest.[3] Madurai rural district BJP secretary A Nagarajan said in protest that “It is a very wrong move by party leadership to give ticket to a renowned party defector”.[5] He was made BJP's Madurai district president.[8]

Saravanan visited minister Palanivel Thiagarajan residence on midnight of 13 August 2022 to apologise after BJP members hurled a slipper at the Minister’s car. He told reporters on midnight that he was going to get out of BJP as he did not like BJP's “politics of hatred and religion”[9][10] and claimed that the BJP was working against the minority people.[11][12] BJP state president Kuppusamy Annamalai expelled Saravanan for taking an anti-party stance.[13]

He contested the 2024 Indian General Elections on an ADMK ticket and was placed third.[14]

References

  1. ^ "15th Assembly Members". Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly. Retrieved 20 September 2019.
  2. ^ "அதிமுகவில் 5 புதிய மாவட்டச் செயலாளர்கள் நியமனம்". hindutamil (in Tamil). Retrieved 27 September 2023.
  3. ^ a b "BJP cadre shell shocked as DMK MLA joins party in morning, gets Madurai North seat within hours". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
  4. ^ "Tamil Nadu Assembly polls: Sitting DMK MLA P Saravanan joins BJP". Business Standard India. 14 March 2021. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
  5. ^ a b c Sivarajah, Padmini (15 March 2021). "Tamil Nadu assembly elections: BJP fields DMK MLA within hours of his joining party | Tamil Nadu Election News - Times of India". The Times of India.
  6. ^ "DMK huffs and puffs to win Tirupparankundram at last". The Hindu. 24 May 2019. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
  7. ^ "Disgruntled DMK MLA joins BJP, hours later gets Assembly ticket". The News Minute. 14 March 2021. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
  8. ^ "BJP Workers Booked for Putting up Banners | Madurai News - Times of India". The Times of India. 12 May 2022.
  9. ^ "Slipper hurled at PTR's car: Madurai BJP chief apologises to Min, sacked from party". The News Minute. 14 August 2022.
  10. ^ "Twist to BJP vs Tamil Minister row, man at centre of controversy quits". Business Standard India. Press Trust of India. 14 August 2022 – via Business Standard.
  11. ^ "BJP Madurai district president Saravanan announces his resignation". Archived from the original on 14 August 2022.
  12. ^ "Tamil Nadu BJP Madurai district president Saravanan announces his resignation from party". The New Indian Express.
  13. ^ Bureau, Dt Next. "Annamalai sacks Saravanan as Madurai chief". DT next. Archived from the original on 15 August 2022. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  14. ^ "General Election to Parliamentary Constituencies - Madurai Results - June 2024". Election Commission of India. 5 June 2024. Retrieved 5 June 2024.