Durai Ramasamy
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D. Ramasamy is an Indian politician and former Member of the Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu
.He joined the congress under the then mass leader K.Kamaraj. He rose to power steadily being the Vellakovil Panchayat board president for a period of 10 yrs and then the union chairman for 15 yrs and member of Legislative Assembly 5 times. When the Congress splited in Tamilnadu he joined the NCO under K.Kamaraj. After Kamaraj's sudden demise he along with G.Moopanar pulled the party together and merged it with Indira Congress. But inspite of this he was denied an electoral seat in 1980. So he contested as an Independent canditate. This was when Dr.MGR(then chief minster) invited him to his party. So he joined AIADMK and won the elections in 1980 and 1984. In 1989 he was one of the 28 MLA's of ADMK(JL). He was one who pulled the now chief minister of Tamilnadu J.Jayalalitha out of the Assembly when the DMK members assaulted the opposition parties. In 1991 he was again elected from Vellakovil constituency and became the Minister for Rural Industries. But due to wide spread Anti-incumbency wave he lost the election. In 2001 he was again denied an electoral seat from AIADMk so he contested as an independent candidate, but lost the election as ADMK members were pumping in money for votes. But he still garnered a lead of 13000 votes in vellakovil union but whereas the votes in Mulanur union pulled him down and he lost by 1500 votes. He was the only minister of the ADMK government 1991- 1996 not to have been arrested under any corruption charges. He is a very straight forward man who is against corruption. He founded his own party and more than 35000 people enrolled in his party. He then again joined ADMK in 2010 and is now retired from active politics. Most political readers suggest his downfall was mainly due to him being straight forward and not bending. He was elected to the Tamil Nadu legislative assembly as an Indian National Congress
candidate from Vellakoil constituency
in 1977 election
, and as an Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate in 1980
, 1984
and 1991 elections
and as an Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (Jayalalitha) candidate in 1989 election
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Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu is one of the 28 states of India. Its capital and largest city is Chennai. Tamil Nadu lies in the southernmost part of the Indian Peninsula and is bordered by the union territory of Pondicherry, and the states of Kerala, Karnataka, and Andhra Pradesh...
.He joined the congress under the then mass leader K.Kamaraj. He rose to power steadily being the Vellakovil Panchayat board president for a period of 10 yrs and then the union chairman for 15 yrs and member of Legislative Assembly 5 times. When the Congress splited in Tamilnadu he joined the NCO under K.Kamaraj. After Kamaraj's sudden demise he along with G.Moopanar pulled the party together and merged it with Indira Congress. But inspite of this he was denied an electoral seat in 1980. So he contested as an Independent canditate. This was when Dr.MGR(then chief minster) invited him to his party. So he joined AIADMK and won the elections in 1980 and 1984. In 1989 he was one of the 28 MLA's of ADMK(JL). He was one who pulled the now chief minister of Tamilnadu J.Jayalalitha out of the Assembly when the DMK members assaulted the opposition parties. In 1991 he was again elected from Vellakovil constituency and became the Minister for Rural Industries. But due to wide spread Anti-incumbency wave he lost the election. In 2001 he was again denied an electoral seat from AIADMk so he contested as an independent candidate, but lost the election as ADMK members were pumping in money for votes. But he still garnered a lead of 13000 votes in vellakovil union but whereas the votes in Mulanur union pulled him down and he lost by 1500 votes. He was the only minister of the ADMK government 1991- 1996 not to have been arrested under any corruption charges. He is a very straight forward man who is against corruption. He founded his own party and more than 35000 people enrolled in his party. He then again joined ADMK in 2010 and is now retired from active politics. Most political readers suggest his downfall was mainly due to him being straight forward and not bending. He was elected to the Tamil Nadu legislative assembly as an Indian National Congress
Indian National Congress
The Indian National Congress is one of the two major political parties in India, the other being the Bharatiya Janata Party. It is the largest and one of the oldest democratic political parties in the world. The party's modern liberal platform is largely considered center-left in the Indian...
candidate from Vellakoil constituency
Vellakoil (State Assembly Constituency)
Vellakoil is a state assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu. Elections and winners in the constituency are listed below.- Madras State :- Tamil Nadu :...
in 1977 election
Tamil Nadu state assembly election, 1977
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, and as an Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate in 1980
Tamil Nadu state assembly election, 1980
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, 1984
Tamil Nadu state assembly election, 1984
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and 1991 elections
Tamil Nadu state assembly election, 1991
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and as an Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (Jayalalitha) candidate in 1989 election
Tamil Nadu state assembly election, 1989
The ninth legislative assembly election of Tamil Nadu was held on 21 January 1989. Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam won the election and its leader M. Karunanidhi, became the Chief Minister. It was his third term in office...
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