Kadambur Raju is an Indian politician and incumbent member of the 15th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly from the Kovilpatti constituency. He represents the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) party. Know everything about Kadambur Raju wiki age weight wife son daughter family caste and biography and more details on CeleNote.
Kadambur Raju (AIADMK) won the Kovilpatti seat in the 14th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly in the 2011 elections. He was initially deselected from contesting the seat in the 2016 elections, with Chief Minister Jayalalithaa preferring to let K. Ramanujam Ganesh stand. Jayalalithaa appointed Raju as Minister for Information and Publicity in May 2016. Raju won the seat with 428 more votes than his nearest rival.
Soon after Jayalalithaa died in December 2016, and despite being in the cabinet, Raju rebelled against Chief Minister O. Paneerselvam.
In April 2017 he was one of three AIADMK ministers against whom police filed a First Information Report after allegations of obstructing officials who were conducting raids related to income tax. He was alleged to have done so at the house of Sarathkumar, an actor-turned-politician.
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Wiki/Biography
Kadambur C. Raju a.k.a. Kadambur Raju was born on 30th May 1959 (59years old, 2018) to Chelliah Raju in Thoothukudi, Tamil Nadu.
He is married and has one son and one daughter.
Physical appearance
Kadambur Raju is 5ft 6inches tall and weighs over 70Kg. His figure measurements are 36-40-12. He has black colour eyes with black hair.
School & Career
He has a D.T.Ed. degree and took early retirement from his job as a teacher.
Kadambur Raju (AIADMK) won the Kovilpatti seat in the 14th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly in the 2011 elections. He was initially deselected from contesting the seat in the 2016 elections, with Chief Minister Jayalalithaa preferring to let K. Ramanujam Ganesh stand. Jayalalithaa appointed Raju as Minister for Information and Publicity in May 2016. Raju won the seat with 428 more votes than his nearest rival.
Soon after Jayalalithaa died in December 2016, and despite being in the cabinet, Raju rebelled against Chief Minister O. Paneerselvam.
In April 2017 he was one of three AIADMK ministers against whom police filed a First Information Report after allegations of obstructing officials who were conducting raids related to income tax. He was alleged to have done so at the house of Sarathkumar, an actor-turned-politician.
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Election History:
2011 – Winner
In the year 2011, he joined hands with AIADMK and he won by securing 55 percentage of vote in Kovilpatti Constituency. He won with a difference of 26480 against rival party Pattali Makkal Katchi. The runner candidate was Ramchandran G. of Pattali Makkal Katchi party.
- Constituency : Kovilpatti
- District : Thoothukkudi
- Election Year : 2011
- State : Tamil Nadu
- Male Electors : 88219
- Female Electors : 89127
- Total Electors : 177346
- Votes Polled : 130723
- Turn Out : 73.71%
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