Indian politician
Thangam Thenarasu (born 3 June 1966) is an Indian politician. He is a member of Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam .
Early life and education
He was born in Mallankinaru , Tamil Nadu . He has a bachelor's degree in Engineering.[ 2]
Political career
He has served as a Minister for Finance, Planning, Human Resources Management, Pensions and Pensionary benefits, Statistics and Archeology Minister of Tamil nadu . He was allocated Electricity and Non-Conventional Energy Development portfolios of minister V. Senthil Balaji who was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate in a job racket case on 16 June 2023 by Tamil Nadu Governor R. N. Ravi on the recommendations of Chief Minister M K Stalin .[ 3]
He served as Minister for School Education in Tamil Nadu during 2006-2011. He has been elected to the Tamil Nadu assembly five times.[ 2] He is the son of the former Member of Legislative Assembly from Aruppukottai , V. Thangapandian .
He was elected to the Tamil Nadu legislative assembly as a Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate from Aruppukottai constituency in 1997–98 by-election , and 2006 election .[ 4] [ 5] He is the younger brother of recently elected Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha, from the Chennai South constituency, Thamizhachi Thangapandian .
Thenarasu, whose father was V. Thangapandian , a Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) government minister,[ 6] himself became Minister for Schools in the DMK government that gained power at the 2006 state assembly elections . Thenarasu stood as a candidate in the newly created constituency of Tiruchuli for the 2011 elections .
He filed a case in the court against the Tamil Nadu Government's decision to form an inquiry into the alleged irregularities in construction of Tamil Nadu legislative assembly-secretariat complex .
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