Career
He is from the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam party, and was elected in 1996, 2002, 2007 and 2014. He is a speaker and a writer He has served on a wide range of committees, from the Committee on External Affairs and the Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, to the Committee on Water Resources, the Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Information Technology, the Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Shipping, Road Transport and Highways, the Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, and the Committee on Personnel, Public Grievances, Law and Justice.
As a student, he was imprisoned for one year under the M.I.S.A. during the Emergency in 1976.
He was an organiser and deputy secretary (later propaganda secretary) for the Doctorate.M.K.
