Pon Radhakrishnan
Pon Radhakrishnan | |
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Nagercoil | |
In office 1999–2004 | |
Preceded by | N. Dennis |
Succeeded by | A. V. Bellarmin |
Personal details | |
Born | Travancore-Cochin, India (now in Tamil Nadu, India) | 1 March 1952
Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
Residence(s) | Nagercoil, Tamil Nadu, India |
Alma mater | Scott Christian College, Dr. Ambedkar Government Law College, Chennai |
Profession | Lawyer, Politician |
Pon Radhakrishnan (born 1 March 1952) is an Indian politician representing the
Personal life
Radhakrishnan was born on March 1, 1952, in Alanthangarai village,
Political career
Early political career
After
Radhakrishnan joined the Hindu Munnani which was started in 1980, began to grow slowly in the Kanyakumari district. He traveled with its founder Rama Gopalan throughout Tamil Nadu for about a year as his assistant. He also worked as a co-organizer of the Hindu Munnani in the state.[2]
Radhakrishnan contested the Lok Sabha elections in Nagercoil for the first time in the 1991 elections. Despite being in the Hindu Munnani at the time, he contested as a BJP candidate and got 1 lakh 2 thousand 29 votes.[2]
As minister and political career (2003 — 2009)
Pon Radhakrishnan won the 1999 Lok Sabha election from Nagercoil constituency and became Minister of State for Youth Affairs in the Atal Bihari Vajpayee-led NDA government of 1999–2004. Later, he also served as Minister of State for Urban Development and Poverty Alleviation.[3]
Radhakrishnan was defeated by a CPI (M) candidate in the Nagercoil Lok Sabha constituency in 2004, and in 2009, he was beaten by a DMK candidate in Kanniyakumari Lok Sabha constituency.[4]
As minister and political career (2009 — 2019)
He was president of
Politics (2019 — present)
In September 2019, Radhakrishnan created a controversy after calling Tamil people as 'ungrateful'.He explained that the Tamil people failed to celebrate Modi after he praised the Tamil language. Later he claimed that he did not call all Tamils as ungrateful and only those doing politics with the language.[7][8]
Pon. Radhakrishnan participated in a BJP rally in support of
Fishermen in Kanniyakumari claimed that around 40,000 - 45,000 fishermen votes in the 48 coastal hamlets in Kanyakumari Lok Sabha constituency was deliberately removed from the electoral-list out of fear that the fishermen would vote against the lone BJP Union minister, Pon Radhakrishnan, contesting in the constituency during the 2019 Lok sabha elections.[11] The coastal fishermen also complained that votes of inland fishermen in another 68 villages also have been removed purposely. They also alleged that their names were removed only a few days before the day of polling.[12][13]
He lost the Lok Sabha elections in 2019 by a margin of 2.59 lakh votes to H. Vasanthakumar from Indian National Congress.[14]
After the death of Vasanthakumar, he again contested in 2021 Lok Sabha by-election. But he was defeated by a margin of 1,37,950 votes by Vijay Vasanth who is the son of late Vasanthakumar.[15]
Political views
Pon Radhakrishnan claimed in 2018 that the
Radhakrishnan in 2019
Electoral Career
Lok Sabha Elections Contested
Elections | Constituency | Party | Result | Vote percentage | Opposition Candidate | Opposition Party | Opposition vote percentage |
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1991 | Nagercoil | BJP | Lost | 18.82 | N. Dennis | INC | 51.60 |
1996 | Nagercoil | BJP | Lost | 30.25 | N. Dennis | TMC(M) | 35.18 |
1996 | Nagercoil | BJP | Lost | 45.08 | N. Dennis | TMC(M) | 50.00 |
1996 | Nagercoil | BJP | Won | 50.21 | N. Dennis | INC | 26.41 |
2004 | Nagercoil | BJP | Lost | 36.49 | A. V. Bellarmin | CPI(M) | 60.88 |
2009 | Kanniyakumari | BJP | Lost | 33.24 | J. Helen Davidson | DMK | 41.81 |
2014 | Kanniyakumari | BJP | Won | 37.62 | H. Vasanthakumar | INC | 24.64 |
2019 | Kanniyakumari | BJP | Lost | 35.00 | H. Vasanthakumar | INC | 59.77 |
2021 bye-election | Kanniyakumari | BJP | Lost | 39.92 | Vijay Vasanth | INC | 52.50 |
2024 | Kanniyakumari | BJP | TBD | 33.24 | TBD | TBD | TBD |
Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Elections Contested
Elections | Constituency | Party | Result | Vote percentage | Opposition Candidate | Opposition Party | Opposition vote percentage |
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2011 | Nagercoil | BJP | Lost | 22.87 | A. Nanjil Murugesan | AIADMK | 40.01 |
Positions
- 1999 - Elected to 13th Lok Sabha.
- 1999 to 2000 - Member, Standing Committee on Industry.
- 2000 - Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Surface Transport.
- 2000 to 2003 - Minister of State, Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports.
- 2003 - Minister of State, Ministry of Urban Development and Poverty Alleviation.
- 2003 - Minister of State, Ministry of Road Transport and Highways.
- 2014 - Re-elected to 16th Lok Sabha (2nd term).
- 2014 to 2014 - Minister of State, Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises
- 2014 to 2017- Minister of State, Ministry of Road Transport and Highways and Ministry of Shipping
- 2017 to 2019 - Minister of State, Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Shipping
References
- ^ "PRESS COMMUNIQUE - President of India allocates portfolios of the Council of Ministers". pib.nic.in. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
- ^ a b c d "உருவானார் பொன். ராதாகிருஷ்ணன்". Hindu Tamil Thisai (in Tamil). 26 April 2016. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
- ^ Radhakrishnan "Pon Radhakrishnan". India. Retrieved 19 September 2015.
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- ^ "Tamilisai Sounderrajan appointed BJP TN unit president". The Hindu. The Hindu. Retrieved 19 September 2015.
- ^ "Kanniyakumari Lok Sabha Elections and Results 2014". Elections. Retrieved 19 September 2015.
- ^ "Tamils are ungrateful people: Former BJP minister". Deccan Herald. 17 September 2019. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
- ^ "BJP's Pon Radhakrishnan calls Tamils 'ungrateful', gets slammed". www.thenewsminute.com. 17 September 2019. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
- ^ ""அவர்களை ஓடஓட விரட்டியடிக்க வேண்டும்" - வன்முறையைத் தூண்டும் வகையில் பொன்.ராதாகிருஷ்ணன் திமிர் பேச்சு!". www.kalaignarseithigal.com. 2 March 2020. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
- ^ Christians political party police complaints against Pon Radhakrishnan Tamil news, archived from the original on 12 December 2021, retrieved 27 July 2021
- ^ "In Kanyakumari, Christian fisherfolk suspect foul play in mass deletion of voters' names, cite opposition to Sagarmala as reason Elections on the GO". Firstpost. 21 May 2019. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
- ^ "Fisherfolk fume over many names deleted from the voters list in Kanyakumari". The Times of India. 19 April 2019. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
- ^ Aruloli, M. (23 April 2019). "Over 37,000 names deleted from voters list, say Kanniyakumari fishers". Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
- ^ "Pon Radhakrishnan is BJP candidate for Kanyakumari Lok Sabha bye-election". The News Minute. 6 March 2021. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
- ^ Waje, Hemant. "Congress ex-MP's son defeats BJP's Pon Radhakrishnan in Kanyakumari". Rediff. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
- ^ "#MeToo launched by people with perverted minds, says union minister Radhakrishnan". ThePrint. 18 October 2018. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
- ^ "#MeToo movement was started by people with perverted minds, says Union minister Pon Radhakrishnan". Scroll.in. 18 October 2018. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
- ^ https://thewire.in/women/metoo-movement-perverted-minds-bjp-union-minister-pon-radhakrishnan
- ^ "சமஸ்கிருதம் தெரியாமல் வெட்கப்படுகிறேன்.. தமிழர்களே ஹிந்தி, சமஸ்கிருதம் படியுங்கள்: பொன்.ராதா". 14 September 2015.
- ^ "Let Your Kids learn Sanskrit: Radhakrishnan".