The United Indian
A, Shri Raja
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
PERSONAL DETAILS
Place of Birth
Velur, Distt. Perambalur (Tamil Nadu)
Father's Name
S K Andimuthu
Marital Status
Married
Date of Marriage : 04-Feb-1996
Spouse’s Name : Late M A Parmeshwari
Date of Birth
10-May-1963
Mother's Name
Chinapillai Alias Krishnamal
Children Details
Son : 0
Daughter : 1
Profession
Advocate
Constituency
Nilgiris (SC) , Tamil Nadu
Education Qualification
- B.Sc., B.L. (B.Sc) Madras University, Arts College, Musiri BL, (Madurai Kamaraj University) Law College Madurai
Permanent Address
3/125 Mariamman Kovil Street, Vill.& P.O. Velur Perambalur Tamil Nadu 621104 Tel: 09999864553 (M)
Present Address
21 Lodhi Estate New Delhi NCT of Delhi 110003 Tels : (011) 24644455, 24644466 09999864553 (M)
Email ID
raja[dot]andimuthu[at]gmail[dot]com
Email ID raja[dot]andimuthu[at]gmail[dot]com araja[at]sansad[dot]nic[dot]in
Contacts
Tels:
09999864553 (M)
09999864553 (M)
09999864553 (M)
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POLITICAL CAREER
1996
Elected to 11th Lok Sabha
1999
Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (Two Terms)
13 Oct. 1999 - 29 Sept. 2000
Union Minister of State, Rural Development
30 Sept. 2000- 21 Dec. 2003
Union Minister of State, Health and Family Welfare
May 2004
Re-elected to 14th Lok Sabha(Three Terms)
23 May 2004 - 17 May 2007
Union Cabinet Minister, Environment & Forests
18 May 2007
Union Cabinet Minister, Communication and Information Technology
May 2009
Re-elected to 15th Lok Sabha (Four Terms)
31 May 2009 - 14 Nov. 2010
Union Cabinet Minister, Communications and Information Technology
May 2019
Re-elected to 17th Lok Sabha (5th term)
May 2019
Chief Whip, DMK Parliamentary Party, Lok Sabha
25 June 2019 onwards
Member, Business Advisory Committee
26 June 2019 onwards
Member, Panel of Chairpersons, Lok Sabha
24 July 2019 onwards
Member, Committee on Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes
3 Sept. 2019 onwards
Member, Standing Committee on Personnel, Public Grievances, Law and Justice
09 Oct. 2019 onwards
Member, Committee on Subordinate Legislation
21 Nov. 2019 onwards
Member, General Purposes Committee, Lok Sabha
June 2024
Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Defence
13-Aug-2024 -
Member, The Joint Committee on The Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024
14-Aug-2024 -
Member, Committee on Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes
26-Sep-2024 onwards
Member, Committee on Personnel, Public, Grievances, Law and Justice
INTRODUCTION
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ACHIEVEMENTS + INITIATIVES
Contributing articles to leading Tamil and English Dailies and magazines, involved in public life during college days through Dravidar Kazhagam founded by Periyar EVR; President, Dr. Ambedkar Thinkers Forum, Perambalur; Secretary, (i) Rationalist Forum, Perambalur; and (ii) Tamil Ilakkiya Peravai (Literary movement), Perambalur; District Secretary, DMK Party, Perambalur
Books Published 1. 'ORU SUYA SARITHAI' (Tamil poem collection) 2. 2G SAGA UNFOLDS (BOTH TAMIL AND ENGLISH), 2017 3. NEHRUVIAN IDEOLOGY; its determination and denigration (NCBH 2023) 4.PERIYAR AND AMBEDKAR - A COMPARITIVE STUDY (BOTH IN TAMIL AND ENGLISH) 2024 5. MUTHUKAL MOONDRU (TAMIL COLLECTIONS), 2024
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Activities on Social Reforms
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