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Sedapatti R. Muthaiah
T. G. Venkatraman
Succeeded byM. Thambidurai
Member of Parliament (Lok Sabha) for Periyakulam
In office
1998–1999
Preceded byR. Gnanagurusamy
Succeeded byT. T. V. Dhinakaran
8th Speaker of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
In office
1991–1996
DeputyK. Ponnuswamy
S. Gandhirajan
Preceded byM. Tamilkudimagan
Succeeded byP. T. R. Palanivel Rajan
Member of Parliament (Lok Sabha) for Periyakulam
In office
1989–1991
Preceded byP. Selvendran
Succeeded byR. Ramasamy
Member of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
In office
1977–1989
Personal details
Born(1945-10-04)4 October 1945
Muthappanpatti, Madras Presidency, British India
Died21 September 2022(2022-09-21) (aged 76)
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India
Political partyDravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Other political
affiliations		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (1972 - 2000)

Sedapatti R. Muthiah (4 October 1945 – 21 September 2022) was an Indian politician of the

T.Kallupatti
Union.

Early life and background

Muthiah was born in the small village of Muthappanpatti 5 km from T. Kallupatti. He was a post-graduate (M.Sc.) in Mathematics with Distinction from Thiyagarajar College, Madurai. Muthiah wanted to pursue Engineering after his PUC. Since he was from a rural background, he did not get admission into engineering college. He was into academics before moving into politics.

Early political life

R. Muthiah entered politics as Student Leader in

anti-Hindi agitations. He was also a good orator in Tamil. When M.G.R. started AIADMK a lot of his supporters left DMK and joined AIADMK. Muthiah along with his supporters joined as well given the fact that M.G.R. had a major support in Madurai Region. In fact Muthiah was the first choice of M.G.R. to contest from Dindidul constituency for the party's first election campaign since its inception in 1973. Due to some reasons, the chance went to Maya Thevar
.

State politics

Muthiah was chosen to stand from

T.Kallupatti
transitioned itself from a sleepy small village into a Town Panchayat administering 42 villages.

M.G.Ramachandiran

National politics

He was elected as a Member of Parliament twice from Periyakulam Constituency for

Twelfth Lok Sabha. In the Twelfth Lok Sabha he served as a Union Minister for Surface Transport in Atal Bihari Vajpayee cabinet.[1] He was in the post for a short period of time and had to resign due to a case in Chennai court. He graciously resigned from the post and faced the charges for the 42 lakh case.[2]
Political critics say DMK was behind the case. His resignation is a rare occurrence comparing the scams of recent years of very large proportion. He then served as Leader of AIADMK in the parliament and raised issues concerning people.

Turning point

During the

Twelfth Lok Sabha Vajpayee called for a Vote of Confidence after AIADMK had withdrawn support to the government. In the end Vajpayee lost the Vote of Confidence by 1 vote, the Opposition had polled 270 votes and the BJP 269. He had to vote "against" the Confidence Motion as directed by AIADMK. But because of a Technical Error instead of No the machine displayed Abstained. The voting machine showed that Mr. Muthiah abstained from voting. The technical issue was acknowledged by the Parliament Team but the same was not rectified by them at that time.[3] This led the AIADMK leader to think Muthiah plotted to save the Vajpayee Government and expelled him from the party. Political critics were surprised at how the technical error led to the fall of a soft-spoken veteran politician. The Counter Thoughts of a Parliamentary Official, written by Ramanujam Kodhandaraman, former Cabinet Deputy Secretary and former Goa State Secretary, describes what happened during the No Motion of Confidence in 12th Lok Sabha.[4][5]

Post AIADMK

Sedapatti Muthiah and his son Manimaran with Kalaingar Karunanidhi

Muthiah was shocked along with the lakhs of supporters on the news of his dismissal. He reacted saying it's Sasikala who is responsible for the issues. In 2001 elections he fielded his wife Mrs. Shakunthala and got a sizable number of votes almost denting most of AIADMK votes.[6] He stayed away from politics for some time and then joined DMK in 2006 and he became one of the office bearers of the DMK Electoral wing. Large number of his supporters from T. Kallupatti Union joined DMK which has enabled a major mobilisation of votes for DMK during the Parliamentary elections. He was actively involved in all political events. He proved his power in his younger son's marriage which was presided over by M. Karunanidhi, then Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu.[7]

Electoral performance

Tamilnadu Legislative Assembly Elections

Elections Constituency Party Result Vote percentage Opposition Candidate Opposition Party Opposition vote percentage
1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election Sedapatti AIADMK Won 43.52 A. R. P. Alagarsamy INC 26.41
1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election Sedapatti AIADMK Won 59.87 R. S. Thangarasan DMK 26.41
1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election Sedapatti AIADMK Won 47.29 N. S. Selvaraj INC 41.20
1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election Sedapatti AIADMK Lost 24.56 A. Athiyaman DMK 31.57
1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election Sedapatti AIADMK Won 58.85 A. Athiyaman DMK 31.49
1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election Sedapatti AIADMK Lost 39.33 G. Thalapathi DMK 49.69


Lok Sabha Elections

Elections Constituency Party Result Vote percentage Opposition Candidate Opposition Party Opposition vote percentage
1989 Indian general election Periyakulam AIADMK Won 60.7 A.K.Cumbum Mahindran DMK 27.3
1998 Indian general election Periyakulam AIADMK Won 51.8 R.Gandhimathy DMK 40.4

Personal life

M. Manimaran, younger son of Sedapatti Muthiah is currently the Secretary of Madurai South District, DMK party. Sedapatti Muthiah's popularity and Manimaran's recent performance along with the larger families in nearby villages and Mukkulathor community has gained him fame. He also contested from

Thirupparankundram constituency in 2016 State Elections but lost.[8]

He died in Madurai on 21 September 2022, at the age of 76.[9]

References

  1. ^ http://www.indianexpress.com/res/web/pIe/ie/daily/19980322/08150624.html [dead link]
  2. ^ http://www.indianexpress.com/ie/daily/.../09950294.html[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ "Indian Express: LS secretariat refuses to rectify Muthiah's error". Archived from the original on 10 October 2012. Retrieved 27 November 2010.
  4. ^ "Sedapatti blames Sasikala of hijacking party". Archived from the original on 10 October 2012. Retrieved 27 November 2010.
  5. ^ http://www.indianexpress.com/res/web/pIe/ie/daily/19990418/ipo18003.html [dead link]
  6. ^ "State Elections 2001 Candidates Details for 136-Sedapatti constituency of TAMIL NADU". Archived from the original on 30 September 2012. Retrieved 8 January 2011.
  7. ^ [1] [dead link]
  8. ^ "Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly: Details of terms of successive Legislative Assemblies constituted under the Constitution of India". Government of India. Archived from the original on 9 April 2009.
  9. ^ "Former Speaker Sedapatti Muthiah passed away". Pipa News. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
Preceded by Member of Indian Parliament (Lok Sabha) for Periyakulam
1989-1991 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Speaker of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
1991-1996 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of Indian Parliament (Lok Sabha) for Periyakulam
1998-1999 		Succeeded by
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