R. Kamaraj

R. Kamaraj (born 25 June 1960) is an Indian politician from the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) party. He has been a member of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly from Nannilam constituency since 2011 and is the Minister for Food of the Government of Tamil Nadu. Prior to his state assembly role, he represented Tamil Nadu as a member of Parliament of India in the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Indian Parliament.

R. Kamaraj
Minister of Food and Civil Supplies
In office
6 November 2011 – 6 May 2021
Chief MinisterEdappadi K. Palaniswami
O. Panneerselvam
J.Jayalalithaa
Minister for Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments
In office
26 January 2015 – 22 May 2016
Chief MinisterJ.Jayalalithaa
O. Panneerselvam
Member of Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office
16 May 2011
ConstituencyNannilam constituency
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
In office
March 2001 – March 2007
ConstituencyTamil Nadu

Kamaraj was elected to the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly as an AIADMK candidate from the Nannilam constituency in the 2011 state assembly elections.[1]

Kamaraj replaced Budhichandhiran as Minister for Food in the Government of Tamil Nadu in November 2011, being appointed in the third cabinet reshuffle in a five-month period by Chief Minister Jayalalithaa.[2]

In January 2015, Kamaraj became Minister for Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments as well as Minister of Food. This additional responsibility was transferred from the critically ill P. Chendur Pandian.[3]

In April 2017, Kamaraj was one of three AIADMK ministers against whom police filed a First Information Report after allegations of obstructing officials who were conducting raids related to income tax. He and Udumalai K. Radhakrishnan were alleged to have done so at the house of the Minister for Health, C. Vijayabhaskar.[4] The following month, the Supreme Court of India criticised the Government of Tamil Nadu for not investigating a case relating to land fraud in which Kamaraj was alleged to be involved.[5]

Personal life

Kamaraj was born in Mannargudi on 25 June 1960. He has an MA degree and is married with two children.[6]

References

  1. ^ "List of MLAs from Tamil Nadu 2011" (PDF). Government of Tamil Nadu.
  2. ^ "Jayalalithaa sacks six Tamil Nadu ministers". NDTV. PTI. 4 November 2011. Retrieved 4 May 2017.
  3. ^ Marlappani, Julie (11 July 2015). "Former Tamil Nadu minister Chendur Pandian dies aged 64". The Times of India. Retrieved 2 May 2017.
  4. ^ Madhav, Pramod (14 April 2017). "FIRs against 3 AIADMK ministers for obstructing I-T raids". Retrieved 4 May 2017.
  5. ^ "Supreme court raps Tamil Nadu government over Kamaraj case". The Times of India. 4 May 2017. Retrieved 5 May 2017.
  6. ^ "Thiru. R. Kamaraj (AIADMK)". Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu. Retrieved 4 May 2017.


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