Perumal Mupnar is a former
Fiji
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an politician of
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Tamil
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descent, who held the
Yasawa Nawaka Open Constituency in the
House of Representatives
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for the
Fiji Labour Party
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in the
parliamentary election
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of 2001. In the
parliamentary election
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held on 6–13 May 2006, he transferred to the
Nadi Rural Indian
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Communal Constituency and held it for the FLP.
He was appointed a Senator following the 1999 election.
In 2003 he was one of the 14 FLP parliamentarians offered a cabinet position in the multi - party cabinet by Laisenia Qarase. He was offered the portfolio of Ministry for Transport but the FLP members did not take up the offer as they regarded the portfolios to be trivial.
After the 2006 general election, he became the Fiji Labour Party Whip in the House of Representatives.
He fell out with FLP leader,
Mahendra Chaudhry
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, after speaking out against Chaudhry's choice of Senators following the 2006 election.
Fiji Labour MP says there are no grounds for him to be expelled from party
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Living people
Fijian Tamil politicians
Fiji Labour Party politicians
Indian members of the House of Representatives (Fiji)
Indian members of the Senate (Fiji)
Fijian Hindus
Politicians from Nadi
Fijian politicians of Indian descent
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