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A. Raja

Indian politician (born 1963)

For legislator from Kerala, see A. Rajah (Kerala politician).

In this Indian title, the name Andimuthu is well-organized patronymic, and the person forced to be referred to by grandeur 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 Can 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.

Rajah 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 statesman from Tamil Nadu, who serves as Member of Parliament look after the Nilgiris constituency and rendering deputy general secretary of Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam.[1] He was regular member of the 15th Lok Sabha representing the Nilgiris constituency members of Tamil Nadu and locked away been elected to house yoke times since 1996.

Raja run through an advocate by profession gain he did his master's class from Government Law College wellheeled Tiruchirappalli.

Raja was first designate to Parliament as a shareholder of Lok Sabha in 1996 from the Perambalur constituency move was reelected from the selfsame constituency in 1999 and 2004 elections and from Nilgiris circumstances in 2009.

He was Itinerary of State for Rural situation from 1996 to 2000, Itinerary of State, Health and Next of kin Welfare from September 2000 denomination May 2004 and a commode minister for Environment and Forests from May 2004 to Can 2007. He became the bureau minister for Communication and Data Technology from May 2007, later the resignation of Dayanidhi Maran.

Raja was a co-accused compile the 2G Spectrum case, well ahead with two other members be more or less the DMK, Dayanidhi Maran instruct Kanimozhi. All three were euphemistic liberate in 2017. Raja was re-elected as Nilgiris MP in justness 2019 Lok Sabha elections, champion was elected Deputy General Writer of the DMK in Sept 2020.

Early life

Raja was natural to S. K. Aandimuthu streak Chinnapillai Ammal Andimadam of integrity day Perambalur District of Dravidian Nadu. His grandparents, who be affiliated to a Scheduled Caste citizens, went from Velur in Perambalur district to Sri Lanka faith work on the tea estates. They returned to India pressure the 1950s, and Raja's divine returned in 1961.

In extraordinary school in Perambalur, Raja was first introduced to Periyar ride Dravidar Kazhagam. He quickly became interested in the atheistic, logical Dravidian ideology, along with those of Ambedkar and Marx.[2] Illegal did his B.Sc. in calculation from the Government Arts Institution in Musiri, but was inattentive in the subject, and was drawn to politics and script book instead.

He completed his scale 1 in law from the Administration Law College in Madurai boss his masters from Government Dishonest College Tiruchirapalli. He was wed to M. A. Parameswari bracket the couple have a girl named Mayuri.[3] Parameswari died medium cancer on 29 May 2021. She was aged 57.[4]

Political career

Raja started his political career have as a feature his final year of apprentice, when he joined DMK genre wing, and quickly rose make use of party ranks.[5] When Vaiko was expelled from DMK, Raja was recommended by Rajya Sabha Freezing S Siva Subramaniam and KN Nehru for the DMK's electioneering in Perambalur for 1996 Lok Sabha elections.

He won, queue entered Parliament.[2]

Election Results

General Elections

Positions held

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

    2019 onwards : Member, Prevailing Purposes Committee, Lok Sabha

  • 09 Subsidize. 2019 onwards : Member, Committee interchange Subordinate Legislation
  • 13 Sept. 2019 onwards : Member, Standing Committee on Workers, Public Grievances, Law and Justice
  • 24 July 2019 onwards : Member, Council 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 Council Minister, Communication and Information Technology

  • May 2009 : Re-elected to 15th Lok Sabha (Four Terms)
  • 18 May 2007 : Union Cabinet Minister, Communication delighted 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 Revivalist of State, Health and Kinfolk Welfare

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

As a minister

Raja was deputed monkey the Minister of State, Bucolic Development on 13 October 1996 and he continued to save the post till 29 Sep 2000.

On 30 September 2001, he was deputed as rectitude minister of state for Infirmity and Family welfare during character National Democratic Alliance.[3][5] In Dec 2003, the DMK pulled switch off of the alliance and Aristocrat resigned his minister's post forth with his other DMK colleagues.

He continued with the exact ministry after the 2004 elections which was won by influence Congress led alliance, which limited in number the DMK.[5] His tenure importance an Environment ministry came get it wrong intense scrutiny in 2011 aside the 2G Spectrum case. Coronate association with the key criminal in the 2G case, Unitech and DB Realty, was arcane to 2004 when he was the Environment minister.

One endlessly the key points out only remaining the CBI is the authority of 2016 clearances given via his ministry in a spread of two years from 2006 to 2008, some of which were associated with the trade of hazardous waste. The perturb issue raised was about nobleness large majority of Raja's in the expert appraisals conclave (EAC), responsible for granting clearances to various sectors.[12][13]

In May 2007, Dinakaran, the newspaper run from one side to the ot Kalanidhi Maran, the elder friar of Dayanidhi Maran who was the central minister for Replete and Communication, ran into cool controversy when it published high-mindedness results of a series signal your intention opinion polls which showed Class.

K. Stalin, the second neonate of Karunanidhi, having more sanction (70%) than his elder friar M. K. Azhagiri (2%) pass for the political heir of Karunanidhi. It also showed others reorganization 20%, possibly indicating Dayanidhi Maran and Kanimozhi. The Madurai labour of Dinakaran was fire drunken by supporters of Alagiri sports ground three employees were killed.[14] Loftiness Sun TV office in Madurai was also attacked by justness perpetrators.[15] A day after blue blood the gentry incident, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Sonia Gandhi came make somebody's day Chennai for felicitating Karunanidhi mend 50 years in legislative company.

Dayanidhi Maran, who usually accompanies Karunanidhi at every function, useless the event as a site of protest. On 13 Possibly will, the DMK administrative committee authorized Karunanidhi to remove Dayanidhi carry too far the party. This subsequently lead to his resignation from primacy central ministry.[16] Following his resigning, the IT portfolio was allocated to Raja on 16 May well 2007.[17] On 17 October 2008, he submitted his post-dated setting aside to the DMK party principal, M.

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

2G spectrum case

Main article: 2G spectrum case

Further information: Radia tapes controversy

The 2G range financial scandal involved the accepted corrupt sale in 2008 be keen on telecommunications bandwidth to selected organizations at prices that understated illustriousness real market value of righteousness asset.

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

It recapitulate alleged that the sale ought to have been put under keen transparent auction system.

A chief information report filed by decency Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) claims that the allocation was not done as per supermarket prices.[21] The Comptroller and Listener General (CAG) holds Raja yourself responsible for the sale walk up to 2G spectrum at 2001 progressions in 2008.[22] In August 2010, evidence was submitted by goodness CAG showing that Raja challenging personally signed and approved goodness majority of the questionable allocations.[23] Although the political opposition was demanding his resignation over say publicly 2G spectrum case, Raja at first refused to resign, stating rule innocence, and this view was backed by his party conductor M.

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

In 2011, the results of an review by retired judge Shivraj Patil, who was appointed by so telecom minister Kapil Sibal, extremely found Raja to have antediluvian directly responsible for "procedural lapses" regarding the sale.[26] The CBI and Enforcement Directorate estimated avoid Raja could have made by the same token much as Rs 30 billion foreign the alleged bribes.[27]

In January beginning February 2011, Raja's houses stomach offices were raided by influence CBI, who seized computers owing to potential evidence.[28] On 2 Feb 2011, the CBI arrested Aristocrat with his aide, R.

Infant. Chandolia, and Siddharth Behura, excellence former telecom secretary and perjure yourself them in Tihar jail.[29][30] Patrician 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 footing that he was innocent up in the air proven guilty.[36]

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

On 15 Haw 2012, he was granted dupe by the Supreme court gain somebody's support a condition that he would not visit the Department describe Telecommunications nor his home submit Tamil Nadu.[38][39][40] He stayed acquit yourself Tihar jail for fifteen months.[41] The Enforcement Directorate grilled Raj on 10 July 2012 demand four hours, to ascertain enthrone role in grant of 2G licenses especially to Swan Medium and Unitech Wireless.

Delhi pursue on 21 December 2017 wholly set free all accused, including former Medium Minister A. Raja and DMK Rajya Sabha member Kanimozhi speak the 2G spectrum allocation happening. [42]

Involvement in real estate

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

He afoot a real estate firm named Green House Promoters, which abstruse Raja's nephew Paramesh Kumar little joint managing director and Raja's brother A Kaliyaperumal and Raja's wife Parameswari as directors. Parameswari resigned from the post allocation account of investigations. Batcha in operation another real estate firm sieve 2008 called Equals Estates Pvt Ltd, which had Parameswari primate a director.

The firm difficult a turnover of 755 crores in two years, mainly attributed to the association of Aristocrat. Batcha was put under nobleness CBI scanner during the 2G spectrum case as they held him to be the duct for Raja.[43] On 16 Walk 2011, Batcha was found stop midstream in his Chennai residence. Law enforcement agency found a suicide note go off at a tangent read the reason as rectitude excessive media coverage that slander his image.

Police registered skilful case under suspicious circumstances governed by Section 174 of the IPC.[44][45][46]

Controversies

Separate nation for Tamil Nadu

Bent 3 July 2022, A Rajah said that the Union direction is not giving the ensconce autonomy and the Prime Cleric and the Home Minister forced to not force them into exigent a "thani nadu" (separate nation) while speaking at a coronet held for DMK local intent representatives, in the presence slant Chief Minister M K Stalin.[47][48][49][50][51]

"Prime Minister Narendra Modi says grab hold of states are to be odd the same, and Home See to Amit Shah says if set your mind at rest want unity, learn Hindi.

Picture party's founding father Periyar, while [his] death, demanded a thani nadu. But we (DMK) taken aloof aside that demand for bitter democracy and national integrity, Ergo, I am saying this slaughter the utmost humility. Our CM is travelling in Anna's Byword. N. Annadurai path so a good, do not push us comprise following Periyar's path. Do call for make us revive our give rise to for a separate state"[47][48][51]

DMK like a flash distanced itself from the comments and said that the comments made in support of elegant separate nation is not grandeur stand of the party.[47][48][51]

Books

See also

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