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Anitha R. Radhakrishnan is an Indian politician.


Political career

Radhakrishnan has served as a Minister of Tamil Nadu and Member of the
Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly The Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly is the unicameral legislature of the India, Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It has a strength of 234 members, all of whom are democratically elected using the first-past-the-post system. The presiding office ...
elected from Tiruchendur constituency as
AIADMK The All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (; AIADMK, also abbreviated as ADMK), also shortened to Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, is an Indian regional political party with great influence in the state of Tamil Nadu and the union territory ...
candidate in 2001, 2006 and as DMK candidate in 2009 (By-election), 2011, 2016 and 2021. He was also former Minister for Animal Husbandry and Minister for Housing & Urban Development in the 2001 AIADMK government. He was a member of the Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam party in
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until being expelled for alleged anti-party activities on 30 July 2009 and resigned from his MLA Post after being expelled from AIADMK. After his expulsion from the AIADMK, Radhakrishnan accepted an invitation to join the
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (; ; DMK) is an Indian political party based in the state of Tamil Nadu, where it is currently the ruling party, and the union territory of Puducherry (union territory), Puducherry, where it is currently the main ...
in 2009. In the 2009 By-election, he again contested as a DMK Candidate and won in the Tiruchendur constituency. Even though there was an anti-incumbency wave against the DMK, he won the 2011 Assembly election in Tiruchendur constituency. On 14 May 2015, Radhakrishnan was suspended by the DMK after he and A. Soundara Pandian greeted AIADMK leader
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after she was acquitted in the disproportionate asset case against her. In the elections of 2016, Radhakrishnan won again in Tiruchendur, beating
Sarath Kumar Ramanathan Sarathkumar (born 14 July 1954) is an Indian actor, politician and former bodybuilder who works predominantly in Tamil cinema in addition to Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada and Hindi films. He has acted in more than 150 films and won two ...
of the AISMK. In the 2021 assembly election, he again won from Tiruchendur constituency and he was appointed Minister for Fisheries – Fishermen Welfare and Animal Husbandry.


Electoral performance


Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Election


References


External links


Tamil Nadu Government profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Radhakrishnan, Anitha R. Living people All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam politicians Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam politicians 1952 births Tamil Nadu MLAs 2001–2006 Tamil Nadu MLAs 2011–2016 Tamil Nadu MLAs 2016–2021 Tamil Nadu MLAs 2021–2026 Tamil Nadu ministers Tamil Nadu MLAs 2006–2011