T. R. Baalu
T. R. Baalu | |
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டி. ஆர். பாலு | |
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha | |
In office 1986–1992 | |
Chief Ministers | MGR(1986-87) |
Constituency | Tamil Nadu |
Principal Secretary of DMK | |
In office August 2018-January 2020 | |
President | MK Stalin |
Gen. Secretary | Perasiriyar K Anbazhagan |
Personal details | |
Born | T R Balasubramaniam (Ilamurugu Rasuthevar) 13 December 1941 (15/6/1941 in official records) Thalikottai, Tanjore district, Madras Presidency, British Raj (now Tamil Nadu, India) |
Political party | DMK |
Spouse |
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Children | 5, including T. R. B. Rajaa[1] |
Residence(s) | Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India |
Website | Official website |
Source: [1] |
Thalikkottai Rajuthevar Baalu, better known as T. R. Baalu (called Baalu), is an Indian politician. He is currently the
Career and personal life
Thalikottai Raju Baalu is an leader of the DMK (Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam) Party. Baalu was born on 13 December 1941 (his official DOB remains as 15 June due to confusion at the time of his birth) to Rajuthevar and Vadivambal at Thalikottai in Thiruvarur District of Tamil Nadu.[
Baalu was first elected to Parliament as a member of Rajya Sabha in 1986.
Lok Sabha in 1996 from Chennai South constituency and became Minister of State in the Ministry Petroleum and Natural Gas. Towards the end of his tenure, he also held additional charge of the then Ministry of Non-conventional Energy Sources (now called the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy). Baalu was re-elected to Lok Sabha in 1998, 1999 and 2004 from the same constituency and again in 2009 and 2019 from Sriperumbudur constituency. Baalu served as Cabinet Minister of Environment and Forests from 1999 to December 2003 and as Minister of Shipping and Road Transport and Highways from 2004 to 2009.[1]
T.R. Baalu was the Leader of DMK Parliamentary Party during the 15th Loksabha and 17th Lok Sabha and He also held the charge as Chairman of the Department Related Standing Committee of Parliament of the Ministry of Railways. In addition, Baalu was a member of several parliamentary committees like Ethics Committee, House Committee and Consultative Committee of Ministry of Finance. He is also a Member of International World Affairs Council (IWAC).[1]
In his political career Baalu went to jail over 20 times for participating in demonstrations and agitations for public cause. He came to political limelight when he was jailed for one year under MISA in 1976 for protesting against Emergency clamped in the country. He protested strongly against the midnight arrest and imprisonment of his party leader
Baalu is married to his long-term love Renuka Devi and later to his cousin Porkkodi, and has three sons and two daughters.
Elections contested and positions held
Year | Constituency | Result | Vote percentage | Opposition Candidate | Opposition Party | Opposition vote percentage |
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1996 | Chennai South |
Won | 61.97 | H. Ganesham | AIADMK | 22.95[4] |
1998 | Chennai South |
Won | 48.17 | Jana Krishnamurthy | BJP |
45.94[5] |
1999 | Chennai South |
Won | 60.03 | V. Dhandayudapani | INC | 34.39[6] |
2004 | Chennai South |
Won | 60.41 | Sayeed Badar | AIADMK | 36.79[7] |
2009 | Sriperumbudur |
Won | 44.41 | A.K. Moorthy |
PMK | 41.26[8] |
2014 | Thanjavur |
Lost | 36.17 | K. Parasuraman | AIADMK |
50.41[9] |
2019 | Sriperumbudur |
Won | 56.4 | Vaithilingam.A | PMK | 20.3 |
- 1986–1992 : was elected as a Member, Rajya Sabha. This is considered to be Former TN CM Dr.MGR's first electoral defeat.
- 1996: Elected to Lok Sabha (Eleventh) for the 1st time
- 1996-1998: Minister of State, Petroleum, Natural Gas and Non-Conventional Energy Sources
- 1998: Elected to Lok Sabha (Twelfth) for the second time
- 1999: Elected to Lok Sabha (Thirteenth) for the third time
- 1999-2003: Forests
- 2004: Elected to Lok Sabha (Fourteenth) for the fourth time from Chennai South (Lok Sabha constituency)
- 2004-2009: Highways.
- 2009: Elected to Lok Sabha (Fifteenth) for the fifth time from Sriperumbudur[1]
- 2019: Elected to Lok Sabha (Seventeenth) for the sixth time from Sriperumbudur
As a member of parliament and minister
Baalu is one of the prominent leaders to work towards the implementation of
DMK pulled out of the ruling UPA on 20 March 2013 following widespread protests in Tamil Nadu against the central government for not taking up the concerns of Tamils in Sri Lanka in the UN resolution against the alleged human rights violation against Tamils by Sri Lankan government.
The fifth
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