Durai Murugan

Durai Murugan
Member of Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency	Katpadi
Personal details
Born	July 1, 1938 (1938-07-01) (age 73) Melmayil, Tamil Nadu
Political party	DMK
Residence	Vellore
As of November 23, 2006 Source: [1]

Durai Murugan (Tamil: துரைமுருகன்) (born 1 July, 1938 in Melmayil Tamil Nadu) is an Indian lawyer and politician. He qualified as BL and MA and is an advocate by profession.

Murugan was first elected to the Tamil Nadu legislative assembly in 1971 and has been elected 6 times since. He was elected from the Katpadi constituency in 2006. After the 2006 assembly elections, Murugan was appointed Minister for Public Works in the Government of Tamil Nadu.

He was charged with pulling the saree of AIADMK leader J Jayalalithaa, when she tried to obstruct the presentation of the 1990 state budget.^[1]

He was divested of the Public Works Department portfolio on 13 July 2009.^[2]

References

1. ^ http://www.rediff.com/news/1999/mar/25tn.htm
2. ^ "Durai Murugan divested of PWD portfolio". The Hindu. 13 July 2009. http://www.hindu.com/2009/07/13/stories/2009071354090100.htm. 

External links

• Tamil Nadu Ministers
• Durai Murugan Profile
• Encomiums for Durai Murugan

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Name	Durai, Murugan
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Date of birth	July 1, 1938
Place of birth	Melmayil, Tamil Nadu
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