Pon Radhakrishnan
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Pon Radhakrishnanhas been associated with Hindu Munnani since 1990's. He is a former union minister of state of India
India
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. He was minister of state for Youth affairs in Third Vajpayee Ministry
Third Vajpayee Ministry
Atal Bihari Vajpayee was sworn in as Prime Minister of India for third time on 13 October 1999.Here is the list of ministers in his ministry.- Cabinet ministers :*Atal Bihari Vajpayee*Yashwant Sinha,*Lal Kishenchand Advani*Jaswant Singh*Jagmohan...
.Later he served as Minister of State in the Ministry of Urban Development and Poverty Alleviation. He was elected to Lok Sabha
Lok Sabha
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from Nagercoil
Nagercoil
Nagercoil is the 12th largest city in the southernmost Indian state of Tamil Nadu and a municipality and administrative headquarters of Kanyakumari District...
in Tamil Nadu
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...
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In a close fight, Radhakrishnan lost the 2009 Lok sabha elections from Kanyakumari but he was later made the President of the Tamil Nadu unit of the BJP. In 2011 Tamil Nadu assembly election he contested from Nagercoil constituency however lost and secured third position. He usually tirggers violence among Hindu and Christian Community in Kanyakumari District.