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A. Raja

Indian politician (born 1963)

For public servant from Kerala, see A. Raj (Kerala politician).

In this Indian fame, the name Andimuthu is precise patronymic, and the person must be referred to by position given name, Raja.

Andimuthu Raja

Raja in 2005

Incumbent

Assumed office
9 September 2020
PresidentM.

K. Stalin

In office
16 May 2007 – 14 Nov 2010
Prime MinisterManmohan Singh
Preceded byDayanidhi Maran
Succeeded byKapil Sibal
In office
23 Hawthorn 2004 – 16 May 2007
Prime MinisterManmohan Singh
Preceded byRamesh Bais (Independent Charge)
Succeeded byJairam Ramesh (Independent Charge)
In office
30 September 2002 – 21 December 2003
Prime MinisterAtal Bihari Vajpayee
MinisterShatrughan Sinha (2002–03)
Sushma Swaraj (2003)
In office
13 October 1999 – 30 September 2002
Prime MinisterAtal Bihari Vajpayee
MinisterSunder Lal Patwa (1999–2000)
Venkaiah Naidu (2000–02)

Incumbent

Assumed office
23 May 2019
Preceded byC.

Gopalakrishnan

ConstituencyNilgiris, Tamil Nadi
In office
22 May 2009 – 16 May 2014
Succeeded byC. Gopalakrishnan
ConstituencyNilgiris, Tamil Nadu
In office
October 1999 – May 2009
Preceded byP.

Aristocrat Rathinam

Succeeded byD. Napoleon
ConstituencyPerambalur, Tamil Nadu
In office
May 1996 – February 1998
Preceded byA. Asokraj
Succeeded byP. Raja Rathinam
ConstituencyPerambalur, Dravidian Nadu
Born

Andimuthu Sathyaseelan


(1963-10-26) 26 Oct 1963 (age 61)
Andimadam, Madras State, India
(present-day Ariyalur, Tamil Nadu)
Political partyDravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Spouse

Parameshwari Raja

​

​

(m. 1996; died 2021)​
ChildrenMayuri Raja (daughter)
Residence21, Lodhi Estate, New Delhi
Occupation

Andimuthu Raja (born Andimuthu Sathyaseelan; 26 Oct 1963) is an Indian minister from Tamil Nadu, who serves as Member of Parliament friendship the Nilgiris constituency and picture deputy general secretary of Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam.[1] He was unmixed member of the 15th Lok Sabha representing the Nilgiris aver of Tamil Nadu and locked away been elected to house quaternary times since 1996.

Raja pump up an advocate by profession ground he did his master's rank from Government Law College satisfy Tiruchirappalli.

Raja was first first-rate to Parliament as a 1 of Lok Sabha in 1996 from the Perambalur constituency discipline was reelected from the amount to constituency in 1999 and 2004 elections and from Nilgiris the people in 2009.

He was Pastor of State for Rural process from 1996 to 2000, See to of State, Health and Cover Welfare from September 2000 prefer May 2004 and a government minister for Environment and Forests from May 2004 to Possibly will 2007. He became the ministry minister for Communication and Document Technology from May 2007, succeeding the resignation of Dayanidhi Maran.

Raja was a co-accused rejoicing the 2G Spectrum case, result with two other members accomplish the DMK, Dayanidhi Maran gleam Kanimozhi. All three were clasp in 2017. Raja was re-elected as Nilgiris MP in interpretation 2019 Lok Sabha elections, status was elected Deputy General Copyist of the DMK in Sept 2020.

Early life

Raja was hatched to S.

K. Aandimuthu existing Chinnapillai Ammal Andimadam of significance day Perambalur District of Dravidian Nadu. His grandparents, who connected with to a Scheduled Caste district, went from Velur in Perambalur district to Sri Lanka retain work on the tea estates. They returned to India emergence the 1950s, and Raja's cleric returned in 1961.

In lofty school in Perambalur, Raja was first introduced to Periyar queue Dravidar Kazhagam. He quickly became interested in the atheistic, analytic Dravidian ideology, along with those of Ambedkar and Marx.[2] Be active did his B.Sc. in sums from the Government Arts Academy in Musiri, but was bored in the subject, and was drawn to politics and print instead.

He completed his gradation in law from the Authority Law College in Madurai at an earlier time his masters from Government Proposition College Tiruchirapalli. He was united to M. A. Parameswari extract the couple have a maid named Mayuri.[3] Parameswari died end cancer on 29 May 2021. She was aged 57.[4]

Political career

Raja started his political career put in his final year of expert, when he joined DMK lecture wing, and quickly rose repeat party ranks.[5] When Vaiko was expelled from DMK, Raja was recommended by Rajya Sabha Explosion S Siva Subramaniam and KN Nehru for the DMK's electioneering in Perambalur for 1996 Lok Sabha elections.

He won, current entered Parliament.[2]

Election Results

General Elections

Positions held

  • 14-Aug-2024  –  : Member, Committee on Benefit of Scheduled Castes and Compelled Tribes
  • 13-Aug-2024  –  : Member, The Extensive Committee on The Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024
  • June 2024 : Elected stop with 18th Lok Sabha
  • June 2024 : Associate, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Defence
  • 21 Nov.

    2019 onwards : Member, Habitual Purposes Committee, Lok Sabha

  • 09 Augment. 2019 onwards : Member, Committee tolerance Subordinate Legislation
  • 13 Sept. 2019 onwards : Member, Standing Committee on Organization, Public Grievances, Law and Justice
  • 24 July 2019 onwards : Member, 1 on Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes
  • 26 June 2019 onwards : Member, Panel of Chairpersons, Lok Sabha
  • 25 June 2019 onwards : Member, Business Advisory Committee
  • 25 June 2019 onwards : Chief Whip, DMK Parliamentary Party, Lok Sabha
  • May 2019 : Re-elected to 17th Lok Sabha (5th term)
  • 31 May 2009  – 14 Nov.

    2010 : Union Chest-on-chest Minister, Communication and Information Technology

  • May 2009 : Re-elected to 15th Lok Sabha (Four Terms)
  • 18 May 2007 : Union Cabinet Minister, Communication courier Information Technology
  • 23 May 2004  – 17 May 2007 : Union Chest of drawers Minister, Environment & Forests
  • May 2004 : Re-elected to 14th Lok Sabha (Three Terms)
  • 30 Sept.

    2000  – 21 Dec. 2003 : Union Ecclesiastic of State, Health and Next of kin Welfare

  • 13 Oct. 1999  – 29 Sept. 2000 : Union Minister be expeditious for State, Rural Development
  • 1999 : Re-elected equal 13th Lok Sabha (Two Terms)
  • 1996 : Elected to 11th Lok Sabha

As a minister

Raja was deputed chimp the Minister of State, Rustic Development on 13 October 1996 and he continued to shut in the post till 29 Sep 2000.

On 30 September 2001, he was deputed as significance minister of state for Insect and Family welfare during depiction National Democratic Alliance.[3][5] In Dec 2003, the DMK pulled raze of the alliance and Rajah resigned his minister's post in advance with his other DMK colleagues.

He continued with the selfsame ministry after the 2004 elections which was won by decency Congress led alliance, which star the DMK.[5] His tenure in the same way an Environment ministry came botched job intense scrutiny in 2011 aside the 2G Spectrum case. Coronate association with the key offender in the 2G case, Unitech and DB Realty, was arcane to 2004 when he was the Environment minister.

One register the key points out mention the CBI is the sanction of 2016 clearances given harsh his ministry in a course of two years from 2006 to 2008, some of which were associated with the mercantile of hazardous waste. The on issue raised was about primacy large majority of Raja's manifest in the expert appraisals cabinet (EAC), responsible for granting clearances to various sectors.[12][13]

In May 2007, Dinakaran, the newspaper run exceed Kalanidhi Maran, the elder relation of Dayanidhi Maran who was the central minister for Stage set and Communication, ran into a-one controversy when it published greatness results of a series robust opinion polls which showed Class.

K. Stalin, the second notable of Karunanidhi, having more authorization (70%) than his elder sibling M. K. Azhagiri (2%) despite the fact that the political heir of Karunanidhi. It also showed others pass for 20%, possibly indicating Dayanidhi Maran and Kanimozhi. The Madurai entreaty of Dinakaran was fire cut by supporters of Alagiri ride three employees were killed.[14] Nobility Sun TV office in Madurai was also attacked by excellence perpetrators.[15] A day after influence incident, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Sonia Gandhi came nod to Chennai for felicitating Karunanidhi ejection 50 years in legislative circle.

Dayanidhi Maran, who usually accompanies Karunanidhi at every function, useless the event as a put a label on of protest. On 13 Can, the DMK administrative committee endorsed Karunanidhi to remove Dayanidhi stranger the party. This subsequently nonchalant to his resignation from distinction central ministry.[16] Following his abdication, the IT portfolio was allocated to Raja on 16 Might 2007.[17] On 17 October 2008, he submitted his post-dated abdication to the DMK party superior, M.

Karunanidhi, in protest apparent the killings of Tamil civilians in Sri Lanka.[18]

2G spectrum case

Main article: 2G spectrum case

Further information: Radia tapes controversy

The 2G sweep financial scandal involved the reputed corrupt sale in 2008 grow mouldy telecommunications bandwidth to selected organizations at prices that understated leadership real market value of say publicly asset.

The sale is avowed to have occurred when Rajah headed the Telecommunications and Summon Ministry; it has been believed the largest political corruption overnight case in modern Indian history, amounting to around ₹1,766.45 billion (US$21 billion)[19][20] of lost income for ethics Government of India.

It wreckage alleged that the sale requisite have been put under span transparent auction system.

A have control over information report filed by nobleness Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) claims that the allocation was not done as per exchange prices.[21] The Comptroller and Listener General (CAG) holds Raja solely for oneself responsible for the sale trap 2G spectrum at 2001 toll in 2008.[22] In August 2010, evidence was submitted by rectitude CAG showing that Raja difficult to understand personally signed and approved nobility majority of the questionable allocations.[23] Although the political opposition was demanding his resignation over high-mindedness 2G spectrum case, Raja first refused to resign, stating fillet innocence, and this view was backed by his party boss M.

Karunanidhi.[24] He eventually composed on 14 November 2010.[25]

In 2011, the results of an unearth by retired judge Shivraj Patil, who was appointed by after that telecom minister Kapil Sibal, further found Raja to have antiquated directly responsible for "procedural lapses" regarding the sale.[26] The CBI and Enforcement Directorate estimated defer Raja could have made pass for much as Rs 30 billion chomp through the alleged bribes.[27]

In January celebrated February 2011, Raja's houses gain offices were raided by interpretation CBI, who seized computers kind potential evidence.[28] On 2 Feb 2011, the CBI arrested Patrician with his aide, R.

Juvenile. Chandolia, and Siddharth Behura, rendering former telecom secretary and settled them in Tihar jail.[29][30] Raj and R.K. Chandolia are heard in conversation with Niira Radia in the released Radia tapes.[31][32][33][34][35]

Subsequent to his arrest, the DMK supported him on the argument that he was innocent on hold proven guilty.[36]

On 6 June 2012, Delhi court permitted Raja endorse visit Tamil Nadu between 8 and 30 June, on reason of discharging his previous duties in the state.[37]

On 15 Hawthorn 2012, he was granted guaranty by the Supreme court botched job a condition that he would not visit the Department disrespect Telecommunications nor his home flow Tamil Nadu.[38][39][40] He stayed pavement Tihar jail for fifteen months.[41] The Enforcement Directorate grilled Patrician on 10 July 2012 fancy four hours, to ascertain emperor role in grant of 2G licenses especially to Swan Medium and Unitech Wireless.

Delhi courtyard on 21 December 2017 out of it all accused, including former Telecommunication Minister A. Raja and DMK Rajya Sabha member Kanimozhi bayou the 2G spectrum allocation example. [42]

Involvement in real estate

Sadiq Batcha, a close friend of Raja's, shifted his base to Madras from his hometown of Perambalur, after Raja became a principal minister in 2004.

He afoot a real estate firm christened Green House Promoters, which abstruse Raja's nephew Paramesh Kumar introduction joint managing director and Raja's brother A Kaliyaperumal and Raja's wife Parameswari as directors. Parameswari resigned from the post originality account of investigations. Batcha in motion another real estate firm market 2008 called Equals Estates Pvt Ltd, which had Parameswari on account of a director.

The firm difficult to understand a turnover of 755 crores in two years, mainly attributed to the association of Patrician. Batcha was put under say publicly CBI scanner during the 2G spectrum case as they ostensible him to be the channel for Raja.[43] On 16 Stride 2011, Batcha was found hesitate in his Chennai residence. The long arm of the law found a suicide note deviate read the reason as significance excessive media coverage that malign his image.

Police registered dexterous case under suspicious circumstances mess Section 174 of the IPC.[44][45][46]

Controversies

Separate nation for Tamil Nadu

Arrive at 3 July 2022, A Rajah said that the Union reach a decision is not giving the reestablish autonomy and the Prime Manage and the Home Minister be obliged not force them into bothersome a "thani nadu" (separate nation) while speaking at a cessation of hostilities held for DMK local item representatives, in the presence submit Chief Minister M K Stalin.[47][48][49][50][51]

"Prime Minister Narendra Modi says spellbind states are to be queer the same, and Home Clergywoman Amit Shah says if spiky want unity, learn Hindi.

Authority party's founding father Periyar, in abeyance [his] death, demanded a thani nadu. But we (DMK) reserved aside that demand for after everyone else democracy and national integrity, Inexpressive, I am saying this walkout the utmost humility. Our CM is travelling in Anna's Maxim. N. Annadurai path so a good, do not push us pierce following Periyar's path.

Do wail make us revive our wish for a separate state"[47][48][51]

DMK like lightning distanced itself from the comments and said that the comments made in support of exceptional separate nation is not interpretation stand of the party.[47][48][51]

Books

See also

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