Nainar Nagendran

Nainar Nagendran is an Indian politician of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the state of Tamil Nadu.

Nainar Nagendran
Vice President of TN BJP
Assumed office
Jun 2020
Cabinet Minister for Electricity, Industry and Transport
In office
2001–2006
Member of Legislative Assembly
In office
2011 - 2016
2001 - 2006
ConstituencyTirunelveli constituency

He left the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) party in August 2017 to join the Bharatiya Janata Party.[1] He was one of several AIADMK figures to do so and soon after his move he was appointed as a state-level BJP vice-president.[2]

As an AIADMK candidate, Nagendran was elected as a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) from Tirunelveli constituency in the 2001[3] and 2011 state assembly elections.[4] He lost the seat by 606 votes in the election of 2006[5] and in 2016, when the difference was 601. His opponent in the latter election was A. L. S. Lakshmanan of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), a person he had beaten in 2011 by over 38,000 votes.[4]

Nagendran served variously as a Minister for Electricity, Industry and Transport during the AIADMK-led government of 2001–2006. He was not a member of the cabinet during the AIADMK government led by Jayalalithaa from 2011 but he said it was her death and the subsequent rudderless situation in which the party found itself that caused his move to the BJP in 2016.[1]

Controversy

Nainar Nagendran has sent death threats against acclaimed Tamil lyricist and writer Vairamuthu in January 2018 for his controversial remarks on Andal. Nagendran has announced that BJP leaders are ready to award a cash reward of ₹10 crore for anyone slays and chops the tongue of writer Vairamuthu. He also said there should be no hesitation in killing even those people who speak ill of Hinduism.[6][7] This created a huge controversy in Tamil Nadu.[8] Later, he was arrested together with Hindu Munnani state vice-president VC Jayabalan for provocative hate speech that would cause divisiveness among the people and posed a threat to rational unity.[9]

References
  1. Ramakrishnan, T. (27 August 2017). "Prominent AIADMK figures join BJP". The Hindu. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
  2. Jesudasan, Dennis S. (20 November 2017). "BJP rewards entrants from other parties". The Hindu. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
  3. 2001 Tamil Nadu Election Results, Election Commission of India
  4. "DMK, allies make a comeback in Tirunelveli district". The Hindu. 20 May 2016. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
  5. "Nainar Nagendran thanks voters". The Hindu. 17 May 2006. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
  6. Jagannath, G. (19 January 2018). "Now, a death threat against Vairamuthu". DNA India. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
  7. "Former minister announces 10 crore to cut Vairamuthu's tongue - Tamil News". IndiaGlitz.com. 18 January 2018. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
  8. Akilan, Mayura (17 January 2018). "வைரமுத்துவின் நாவை அறுத்தால் ரூ.10 லட்சம் பரிசு: நயினார் நாகேந்திரன் மிரட்டல்". tamil.oneindia.com (in Tamil). Retrieved 15 July 2020.
  9. Ananth, M. K. (19 January 2018). "BJP leader Nainar Nagendran, five others booked for hate speeches | Chennai News - Times of India". The Times of India.
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