Durai Vaiko | |
Birth Name: | Durai Vaiyapuri |
Office: | Principal Secretary of Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
Office11: | Member of the Lok Sabha |
Term Start11: | June 2024 |
Predecessor11: | Su. Thirunavukkarasar |
Constituency11: | Tiruchirappalli |
Birth Date: | 1972 4, df=y |
Birth Place: | India |
Education: | MBA |
Occupation: | Social activist, Politician |
Party: | Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
Parents: | Vaiko, Renugadevi Ammal |
Spouse: | Geetha |
Children: | 2 |
Source: | https://sansad.in/ls/members/biographyM/5828?from=members |
Durai Vaiko (born 2 April 1972) is an Indian politician of the Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam party (MDMK). He was appointed as the MDMK principal secretary of the party, and leads internet campaigns for MDMK.[1] [2] His political career began when his father contested the Lok Sabha election from Virudhunagar constituency in 2014.[3]
In June 2024, he was elected as Member of the Lok Sabha from Tiruchirappalli constituency.[4] [5]
Durai Vaiko is the son of Vaiko, founder of MDMK. He graduated with an MBA. He married Geetha on 29 November 1998.[6]
In 2021, during the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in India, Durai Vaiko set up COVID information centres in Ezhayirampannai, Alankulam, Sathirpati, Padandhal and Sattur in Virudhunagar District.[7]