A. Namassivayam

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A Namassivayam
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Minister of Home Affairs
Government of Puducherry
Incumbent
Assumed office
8 May 2021
Chief MinisterN. Rangaswamy
Preceded byV. Narayanasamy
Minister of Sports and Youth affairs
Government of Puducherry
Incumbent
Assumed office
8 May 2021
Chief MinisterN. Rangaswamy
Preceded byMalladi Krishna Rao
Member Of Legislative Assembly
Puducherry
Incumbent
Assumed office
2 May 2021
Preceded byT. P. R. Selvame
ConstituencyMannadipet
In office
2016–2021
Succeeded byR. Siva
ConstituencyVillianur
In office
2011–2016
Preceded byJ. Narayanasamy
ConstituencyVillianur
In office
2006–2011
Succeeded byN.G. Pannirselvam
ConstituencyOzhukarai
In office
2001–2006
Preceded byK. Natarajan
ConstituencyOzhukarai
Personal details
BornPondichéry, French India (now Puducherry, India)
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
Other political
affiliations		Former parties:

Arumugam Namassivayam is an Indian politician from the Bharatiya Janata Party. He is current Home Minister of Puducherry. He also serving as minister of Sports and Youth affairs in Rangaswamy ministry. He represent Mannadipet in Puducherry Legislative Assembly. [1][2][3]

Political career

He was the Ex-president of Puducherry Pradesh Congress Committee. On January 25, 2021, he was suspended from the Congress party for his anti-party activities. Following that Namassivayam submitted his MLA resignation letter to the assembly speaker and quit Congress party.[4][5] He joined Bharathiya Janata Party along with his supporter Theeppainthan on 28 January 2021 in the presence of its national general secretary Arun Singh.[citation needed]

References

  1. ↑ "GENERAL ELECTION TO LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY TRENDS & RESULT 2016 Puducherry Villianur". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 24 May 2016. Retrieved 22 May 2016.
  2. ↑ "Tussle in Puducherry Congress for the top job". New Indian Express. 21 May 2016. Archived from the original on 22 May 2016. Retrieved 22 May 2016.
  3. ↑ "Congress-DMK alliance wins Puducherry". Business Standard India. Business Standard. 20 May 2016. Retrieved 22 May 2016.
  4. ↑ "Puducherry Minister Namassivayam resigns, Congress suspends him". The News Minute. 25 January 2021. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
  5. ↑ "Setback to Congress in Puducherry as PWD Minister Namassivayam, MLA resign, set to join BJP". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 28 January 2021.

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