Career
He was Tamil Nadu"s minister of Finance during 1977-1980 and minister of Revenue during 1996-2000. He was elected to the Tamil Nadu legislative assembly four times (in 1977, 84, 89 and 1996). He was elected to the Indian Parliament three times (in 1962, 67 and 71).
Then he joined the Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (ADMK).
He served as Finance minister in the M. G. Ramachandran (Magister) cabinet during 1977-1980. He returned to the DMK in 1980 and became its Deputy General Secretary.
He was the Revenue minister in the M. Karunanidhi cabinet during 1996-2000. Electoral history.