- Pon Radhakrishnan
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Pon Radhakrishnan Minister of State for Road Transport and Highways In office
January 24, 1999 – May 2004Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee Personal details Born Nagercoil, Tamilnadu Nationality Indian Political party Bharatiya Janata Party Spouse(s) Many Residence Chennai, India Religion Hinduism Pon Radhakrishnan(Tamil: பொன்.ராதாகிருஷ்ணன்)has been associated with Hindu Munnani since 1990's. He is a former union minister of state of India. He was minister of state for Youth affairs in Third Vajpayee Ministry.Later he served as Minister of State in the Ministry of Urban Development and Poverty Alleviation. He was elected to Lok Sabha from Nagercoil in Tamil Nadu.
In a close fight, Radhakrishnan lost the 2009 Lok sabha elections from Kanyakumari but he was later made the President of the Tamil Nadu unit of the BJP. In 2011 Tamil Nadu assembly election he contested from Nagercoil constituency however lost and secured third position. He usually tirggers violence among Hindu and Christian Community in Kanyakumari District.
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