P. Saravanan Explained

P. Saravanan
Office:Joint Secretary of the AIADMK Medical Wing
Term Start:27 September 2023
1Blankname:General Secretary
1Namedata:Edappadi K. Palaniswami
Birth Name:Saravanan
Birth Place:Tamil Nadu, India
Party: All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (since 2023)

P. Saravanan is an Indian politician and an actor. He was a former Member of Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu from Thirupparankundram Constituency.[1] He is currently serving as the Joint Secretary of AIADMK State Medical Wing.[2]

Political career

Saravanan started his political career as the Madurai Rural Unit Secretary of the Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK) and later moved to the DMK because he was denied the ticket to contest the polls by MDMK.[3] Saravanan was also a member of the BJP earlier during 2015.[4]

He was then made as the Deputy Leader of Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Party's Doctor wing. During the by- elections held for Tamil Nadu Legislative assembly on 19 May, he defeated his rival Muniyandi of the AIADMK with a difference of 2936 votes.[5]

Later he joined Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on 14 March 2021, upset as the DMK did not give him a seat to contest.[6] Within hours of joining the BJP, Saravanan was allotted the Madurai North constituency.[7] Many cadres of BJP protested stating that the constituency should not be allotted to him and many cadres locked the BJP office at K Pudur as protest. Madurai rural district BJP secretary A Nagarajan said in protest that “It is a very wrong move by party leadership to give ticket to a renowned party defector”. He was made BJP's Madurai district president.[8]

Saravanan visited minister Palanivel Thiagarajan residence on midnight of August 13, 2022 to apologise after BJP members hurled a slipper at the Minister’s car. He told reporters on midnight that he was going to get out of BJP as he did not like BJP's “politics of hatred and religion”[9] [10] and claimed that the BJP was working against the minority people.[11] [12] BJP state president Kuppusamy Annamalai expelled Saravanan for taking an anti-party stance.[13]

He contested the 2024 Indian General Elections on an ADMK ticket and was placed third.[14]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: 15th Assembly Members . Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly . 20 September 2019 .
  2. Web site: அதிமுகவில் 5 புதிய மாவட்டச் செயலாளர்கள் நியமனம் . hindutamil. ta. 27 September 2023.
  3. Web site: BJP cadre shell shocked as DMK MLA joins party in morning, gets Madurai North seat within hours. 2021-03-17. The New Indian Express.
  4. News: Tamil Nadu Assembly polls: Sitting DMK MLA P Saravanan joins BJP. 2021-03-17. Business Standard India. 14 March 2021. en.
  5. News: Padmini. Sivarajah. Tamil Nadu assembly elections: BJP fields DMK MLA within hours of his joining party Tamil Nadu Election News - Times of India. The Times of India. 15 March 2021 . en.
  6. News: DMK huffs and puffs to win Tirupparankundram at last . The Hindu . 24 May 2019 . 20 July 2019.
  7. Web site: 2021-03-14. Disgruntled DMK MLA joins BJP, hours later gets Assembly ticket. 2021-03-17. The News Minute. en.
  8. News: BJP Workers Booked for Putting up Banners | Madurai News - Times of India . . 12 May 2022 .
  9. Web site: Slipper hurled at PTR's car: Madurai BJP chief apologises to Min, sacked from party. 14 August 2022. The News Minute.
  10. News: Twist to BJP vs Tamil Minister row, man at centre of controversy quits. Press Trust of India. Business Standard India . 14 August 2022. Business Standard.
  11. Web site: BJP Madurai district president Saravanan announces his resignation . https://web.archive.org/web/20220814080450/https://www.dtnext.in/tamilnadu/2022/08/14/bjp-madurai-district-president-saravanan-announces-his-resignation . dead . 14 August 2022 .
  12. Web site: Tamil Nadu BJP Madurai district president Saravanan announces his resignation from party. The New Indian Express.
  13. Web site: Annamalai sacks Saravanan as Madurai chief. https://web.archive.org/web/20220815075256/https://www.dtnext.in/tamilnadu/2022/08/14/annamalai-sacks-saravanan-as-madurai-chief. dead. 15 August 2022. Dt Next. Bureau. DT next.
  14. Web site: 5 June 2024 . General Election to Parliamentary Constituencies - Madurai Results - June 2024 . 5 June 2024 . Election Commission of India.

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