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	\| office1 = Chairman, [[Coir Board of India]], [[Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (India)]]<ref>~~{{Cite web\|url=~~https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/coimbatore/railways-may-use-coir-wood-to-make-train-seats-and-berths/articleshow/55991827.cms~~\|title = Railways may use coir wood to make train seats and berths \| Coimbatore News - Times of India}}~~</ref>		\| office1 = Chairman, [[Coir Board of India]], [[Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (India)]] <ref>https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/coimbatore/railways-may-use-coir-wood-to-make-train-seats-and-berths/articleshow/55991827.cms</ref>
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	'''C. P. Radhakrishnan''' (born 1957) an Indian politician, is from the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (BJP) and was elected to the [[Lok Sabha]] twice from [[Coimbatore (Lok Sabha constituency)\|Coimbatore]]. He is also the former state president of the party for [[Tamil Nadu]]. During his tenure as the state president of the party he did Yatra from Kanyakumari to Chennai covering ~~thousands~~ of ~~kilometres~~ to develop and strengthen the party in grassroot levels in ~~Tamil Nadu~~ which was considered a huge boost to the party in ~~Tamil Nadu~~.<ref name=scholarship>{{cite news\|title=BJP: give scholarship to Hindu students\|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/bjp-give-scholarship-to-hindu-students/article4965524.ece\|accessdate=28 December 2013\|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]\|date=29 July 2013\|location=Nagercoil}}</ref> Presently he is the National Executive Member of the Bharatiya Janata Party and was appointed the Kerala BJP Prabhari (In-Charge)<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.timesnownews.com/amp/india/article/bjp-reshuffles-state-office-bearers-radha-mohan-singh-in-charge-of-up-baijayant-panda-of-delhi-and-assam/681807~~\|title=BJP reshuffles state office-bearers; Radha Mohan Singh in-charge of UP, Baijayant Panda of Delhi and Assam \| India News~~}}</ref> by the party's high command. He was Chairman of the All India Coir Board from 2016 to 2019,<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://coirboard.gov.in/\|title=Coirboard {{!}} :: COIR IS GREEN BUSINESS ::\|website=coirboard.gov.in\|access-date=2016-08-17}}</ref> which comes under the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME). During his chairmanship of the All India Coir Board, he accomplished revolutionary things for the coir industry, including nearly tripling the exports of coir products from India to over a record 2,800 crores.		'''C. P. Radhakrishnan''' (born 1957) an Indian politician, is from the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (BJP) and was elected to the [[Lok Sabha]] twice from [[Coimbatore (Lok Sabha constituency)\|Coimbatore]]. He is also the former state president of the party for [[Tamil Nadu]]. During his tenure as the state president of the party he did Yatra from Kanyakumari to Chennai covering 1000’s of Km’s to develop and strengthen the party in grassroot levels in Tamilnadu which was considered a huge boost to the party in Tamilnadu.<ref name=scholarship>{{cite news\|title=BJP: give scholarship to Hindu students\|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/bjp-give-scholarship-to-hindu-students/article4965524.ece\|accessdate=28 December 2013\|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]\|date=29 July 2013\|location=Nagercoil}}</ref> Presently he is the National Executive Member of the Bharatiya Janata Party and was appointed the Kerala BJP Prabhari (In-Charge)<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.timesnownews.com/amp/india/article/bjp-reshuffles-state-office-bearers-radha-mohan-singh-in-charge-of-up-baijayant-panda-of-delhi-and-assam/681807}}</ref> by the party's high command. He was Chairman of the All India Coir Board from 2016 to 2019,<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://coirboard.gov.in/\|title=Coirboard {{!}} :: COIR IS GREEN BUSINESS ::\|website=coirboard.gov.in\|access-date=2016-08-17}}</ref> which comes under the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME). During his chairmanship of the All India Coir Board, he accomplished revolutionary things for the coir industry, including nearly tripling the exports of coir products from India to over a record 2,800 crores.

	Radhakrishnan was a two-time member of the [[Lok Sabha]].<ref name=surprise>{{cite news\|title=Verdict not a surprise, says Radhakrishnan\|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/verdict-not-a-surprise-says-radhakrishnan/article1935922.ece\|accessdate=29 December 2013\|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]\|date=25 October 2007\|location=Coimbatore}}</ref> He won on a BJP ticket in the [[1998 Indian general election\|1998]] and [[1999 Indian general election\|1999]] general elections in the aftermath of the [[1998 Coimbatore bombings]].<ref name=scratch>{{cite news \|last=KV\|first=Prasad \|title=BJP will have to start from scratch \|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/bjp-will-have-to-start-from-scratch/article3128814.ece \|accessdate=28 December 2013 \|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]\|date=5 May 2006\|location=Coimbatore}}</ref>		Radhakrishnan was a two-time member of the [[Lok Sabha]].<ref name=surprise>{{cite news\|title=Verdict not a surprise, says Radhakrishnan\|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/verdict-not-a-surprise-says-radhakrishnan/article1935922.ece\|accessdate=29 December 2013\|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]\|date=25 October 2007\|location=Coimbatore}}</ref> He won on a BJP ticket in the [[1998 Indian general election\|1998]] and [[1999 Indian general election\|1999]] general elections in the aftermath of the [[1998 Coimbatore bombings]].<ref name=scratch>{{cite news \|last=KV\|first=Prasad \|title=BJP will have to start from scratch \|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/bjp-will-have-to-start-from-scratch/article3128814.ece \|accessdate=28 December 2013 \|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]\|date=5 May 2006\|location=Coimbatore}}</ref>
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	'''C. P. Radhakrishnan''' (born 1957) an Indian politician, is from the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (BJP) and was elected to the [[Lok Sabha]] twice from [[Coimbatore (Lok Sabha constituency)\|Coimbatore]]. He is also the former state president of the party for [[Tamil Nadu]]. During his tenure as the state president of the party he did Yatra from Kanyakumari to Chennai covering ~~1000’s~~ of ~~Km’s~~ to develop and strengthen the party in grassroot levels in ~~Tamilnadu~~ which was considered a huge boost to the party in ~~Tamilnadu~~. <ref name=scholarship>{{cite news\|title=BJP: give scholarship to Hindu students\|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/bjp-give-scholarship-to-hindu-students/article4965524.ece\|accessdate=28 December 2013\|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]\|date=29 July 2013\|location=Nagercoil}}</ref> Presently he is the National Executive Member of the Bharatiya Janata Party and was appointed the Kerala BJP Prabhari (In-Charge)<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.timesnownews.com/amp/india/article/bjp-reshuffles-state-office-bearers-radha-mohan-singh-in-charge-of-up-baijayant-panda-of-delhi-and-assam/681807}}</ref> by the party's high command. He was Chairman of the All India Coir Board from 2016 to 2019, <ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://coirboard.gov.in/\|title=Coirboard {{!}} :: COIR IS GREEN BUSINESS ::\|website=coirboard.gov.in\|access-date=2016-08-17}}</ref> which comes under the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME). During his chairmanship of the All India Coir Board, he accomplished revolutionary things for the coir industry, including nearly tripling the exports of coir products from India to over a record 2,800 crores.		'''C. P. Radhakrishnan''' (born 1957) an Indian politician, is from the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (BJP) and was elected to the [[Lok Sabha]] twice from [[Coimbatore (Lok Sabha constituency)\|Coimbatore]]. He is also the former state president of the party for [[Tamil Nadu]]. During his tenure as the state president of the party he did Yatra from Kanyakumari to Chennai covering thousands of kilometres to develop and strengthen the party in grassroot levels in Tamil Nadu which was considered a huge boost to the party in Tamil Nadu.<ref name=scholarship>{{cite news\|title=BJP: give scholarship to Hindu students\|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/bjp-give-scholarship-to-hindu-students/article4965524.ece\|accessdate=28 December 2013\|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]\|date=29 July 2013\|location=Nagercoil}}</ref> Presently he is the National Executive Member of the Bharatiya Janata Party and was appointed the Kerala BJP Prabhari (In-Charge)<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.timesnownews.com/amp/india/article/bjp-reshuffles-state-office-bearers-radha-mohan-singh-in-charge-of-up-baijayant-panda-of-delhi-and-assam/681807\|title=BJP reshuffles state office-bearers; Radha Mohan Singh in-charge of UP, Baijayant Panda of Delhi and Assam \| India News}}</ref> by the party's high command. He was Chairman of the All India Coir Board from 2016 to 2019,<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://coirboard.gov.in/\|title=Coirboard {{!}} :: COIR IS GREEN BUSINESS ::\|website=coirboard.gov.in\|access-date=2016-08-17}}</ref> which comes under the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME). During his chairmanship of the All India Coir Board, he accomplished revolutionary things for the coir industry, including nearly tripling the exports of coir products from India to over a record 2,800 crores.

	Radhakrishnan was a two-time member of the [[Lok Sabha]].<ref name=surprise>{{cite news\|title=Verdict not a surprise, says Radhakrishnan\|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/verdict-not-a-surprise-says-radhakrishnan/article1935922.ece\|accessdate=29 December 2013\|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]\|date=25 October 2007\|location=Coimbatore}}</ref> He won on a BJP ticket in the [[1998 Indian general election\|1998]] and [[1999 Indian general election\|1999]] general elections in the aftermath of the [[1998 Coimbatore bombings]].<ref name=scratch>{{cite news \|last=KV\|first=Prasad \|title=BJP will have to start from scratch \|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/bjp-will-have-to-start-from-scratch/article3128814.ece \|accessdate=28 December 2013 \|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]\|date=5 May 2006\|location=Coimbatore}}</ref>		Radhakrishnan was a two-time member of the [[Lok Sabha]].<ref name=surprise>{{cite news\|title=Verdict not a surprise, says Radhakrishnan\|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/verdict-not-a-surprise-says-radhakrishnan/article1935922.ece\|accessdate=29 December 2013\|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]\|date=25 October 2007\|location=Coimbatore}}</ref> He won on a BJP ticket in the [[1998 Indian general election\|1998]] and [[1999 Indian general election\|1999]] general elections in the aftermath of the [[1998 Coimbatore bombings]].<ref name=scratch>{{cite news \|last=KV\|first=Prasad \|title=BJP will have to start from scratch \|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/bjp-will-have-to-start-from-scratch/article3128814.ece \|accessdate=28 December 2013 \|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]\|date=5 May 2006\|location=Coimbatore}}</ref>
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| name = C.P. Radha krishnan
| image =
| office1 = Chairman, [[Coir Board of India]], [[Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (India)]] <ref>https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/coimbatore/railways-may-use-coir-wood-to-make-train-seats-and-berths/articleshow/55991827.cms</ref>
| term_start1 = November, 2014
| term_end1 =
| primeminister1 = [[Narendra Modi]]
| office2 = [[Member of Indian Parliament]]
| primeminister2 = [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]
| constituency2 = [[Coimbatore (Lok Sabha constituency)|Coimbatore]]
| term_start2 = 1998
| term_end2 = 2004
| preceded2 = [[M. Ramanathan]]
| succeeded2 = [[K. Subbarayan]]
| occupation = Agriculturist
| birth_date = 20th October , 1957
| birth_place = [[Tiruppur]], [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]]
| residence = [[Tiruppur]]
| spouse = Smt. R. Sumathi
| party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| alma_mater = V.O.C College, Tuticorin
}}
'''C. P. Radhakrishnan''' (born 1957) an Indian politician, is from the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (BJP) and was elected to the [[Lok Sabha]] twice from [[Coimbatore (Lok Sabha constituency)|Coimbatore]]. He is also the former state president of the party for [[Tamil Nadu]]. During his tenure as the state president of the party he did Yatra from Kanyakumari to Chennai covering 1000’s of Km’s to develop and strengthen the party in grassroot levels in Tamilnadu which was considered a huge boost to the party in Tamilnadu. <ref name=scholarship>{{cite news|title=BJP: give scholarship to Hindu students|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/bjp-give-scholarship-to-hindu-students/article4965524.ece|accessdate=28 December 2013|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=29 July 2013|location=Nagercoil}}</ref> Presently he is the National Executive Member of the Bharatiya Janata Party and was appointed the Kerala BJP Prabhari (In-Charge)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.timesnownews.com/amp/india/article/bjp-reshuffles-state-office-bearers-radha-mohan-singh-in-charge-of-up-baijayant-panda-of-delhi-and-assam/681807}}</ref> by the party's high command. He was Chairman of the All India Coir Board from 2016 to 2019, <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://coirboard.gov.in/|title=Coirboard {{!}} :: COIR IS GREEN BUSINESS ::|website=coirboard.gov.in|access-date=2016-08-17}}</ref> which comes under the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME). During his chairmanship of the All India Coir Board, he accomplished revolutionary things for the coir industry, including nearly tripling the exports of coir products from India to over a record 2,800 crores.

Radhakrishnan was a two-time member of the [[Lok Sabha]].<ref name=surprise>{{cite news|title=Verdict not a surprise, says Radhakrishnan|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/verdict-not-a-surprise-says-radhakrishnan/article1935922.ece|accessdate=29 December 2013|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=25 October 2007|location=Coimbatore}}</ref> He won on a BJP ticket in the [[1998 Indian general election|1998]] and [[1999 Indian general election|1999]] general elections in the aftermath of the [[1998 Coimbatore bombings]].<ref name=scratch>{{cite news |last=KV|first=Prasad |title=BJP will have to start from scratch |url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/bjp-will-have-to-start-from-scratch/article3128814.ece |accessdate=28 December 2013 |newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=5 May 2006|location=Coimbatore}}</ref>

Radhakrishnan won by a margin of over 150,000 votes in 1998 and a margin of 55,000 in the 1999 elections.<ref name="key">{{cite news |title=Key Contests : CP Radhakrishnan vs K Subbarayan |url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/economy-policy/key-contests-cp-radhakrishnan-vs-k-subbarayan-104050101072_1.html |date= 1 May 2004|work=Business Standard |location=Coimbatore |accessdate=8 January 2014}}</ref>

In 1999, he stated that voters in Coimbatore did not need convincing to vote for the BJP.<ref name="rediffonnet">{{cite news |url=http://www.rediff.com/election/1999/sep/09coim.htm |title=It's the party that sells, not candidates! |date=September 1999 |accessdate=8 January 2014 |location=Coimbatore}}</ref>

In 2004, he stated that the BJP did not stab any party in the back or cause rifts in ties with other parties.<ref name="explain">{{cite news |title= It's for DMK to explain,says C.P. Radhakrishnan |url=http://www.hindu.com/2003/05/13/stories/2003051305250400.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140108154529/http://www.hindu.com/2003/05/13/stories/2003051305250400.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=8 January 2014 |date=13 May 2003 |work=[[The Hindu]] |location=Chennai |accessdate=8 January 2014}}</ref>
He was among state leaders who worked on forming alliances in 2004 after the [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]] ended its ties with the BJP-led [[National Democratic Alliance (India)|National Democratic Alliance]].<ref name="talks">{{cite news |title= Vajpayee invites BJP leaders to Delhi for talks |url=http://www.hindu.com/2003/09/14/stories/2003091408180400.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031027142032/http://www.hindu.com/2003/09/14/stories/2003091408180400.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=27 October 2003 |date=14 September 2003 |work=[[The Hindu]] |location=Chennai |accessdate=8 January 2014}}</ref> Radhakrishnan later worked with the state unit to forge ties with the [[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]] for the [[2004 Indian general election|2004 elections]].<ref name="invite">{{cite news |title=TN BJP invites AIADMK to return to NDA |url=http://archive.deccanherald.com/Deccanherald/jan032004/n1.asp |date=3 January 2004 |work=[[Deccan Herald]] |location=Chennai |accessdate=8 January 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140108142055/http://archive.deccanherald.com/Deccanherald/jan032004/n1.asp |archive-date=8 January 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In 2012, Radhakrishnan courted arrest in [[Mettupalayam, Coimbatore|Mettupalayam]] for protesting inaction against culprits who had assaulted a [[Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh]] activist.<ref name="arrest">{{cite news |title=Normality returns to Mettupalayam |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/normality-returns-to-mettupalayam/article4078605.ece |date=9 November 2012 |work=[[The Hindu]] |location=Udhagamandalam |accessdate=8 January 2014}}</ref>

He is among the senior-most and respected leaders of the BJP from the south and Tamil Nadu and has been associated with the organisation right from RSS and Jan Sangh from the age of 16 from 1973 for 48 years. In 2014, he was named the BJP candidate for Lok Sabha from Coimbatore Constituency and without the alliance of the two big parties of Tamil Nadu, the DMK and the AIADMK, he secured second place with over 3,89,000 votes, the highest among the Tamil Nadu BJP candidates, losing by the smallest margin among all candidates in Tamil Nadu. He was named the party's candidate once again for the [[2019 Indian general election|2019]] election from Coimbatore.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Madhavan |first1=Karthik |title=Familiar faces to fight it out in Coimbatore |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Coimbatore/familiar-faces-to-fight-it-out-in-coimbatore/article26613617.ece |accessdate=24 March 2019 |work=The Hindu |date=22 March 2019 |language=en-IN}}</ref>

==Electoral Performances==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Year
!Election
!colspan="2" |Party
!PC Name
!Result
!Votes gained
!Vote share%
|-
|[[1998 Indian general election|1998]]
|[[12th Lok Sabha]]
|style="background-color: {{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}" |
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]] 
|[[Coimbatore (Lok Sabha constituency)|Coimbatore]]
|Winner
|4,49,269
|
|-
|[[1999 Indian general election|1999]]
|[[13th Lok Sabha]]
|style="background-color: {{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}" |
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]] 
|[[Coimbatore (Lok Sabha constituency)|Coimbatore]]
|Winner
|4,30,068
|
|-
|[[2004 Indian general election|2004]]
|[[14th Lok Sabha]]
|style="background-color: {{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}" |
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]] 
|[[Coimbatore (Lok Sabha constituency)|Coimbatore]]
|Runner
|3,40,476
|
|-
|[[2014 Indian general election|2014]]
|[[16th Lok Sabha]]
|style="background-color: {{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}" |
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]] 
|[[Coimbatore (Lok Sabha constituency)|Coimbatore]]
|Runner
|3,89,701
|33.12
|-
|[[2019 Indian general election|2019]]
|[[17th Lok Sabha]]
|style="background-color: {{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}" |
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]] 
|[[Coimbatore (Lok Sabha constituency)|Coimbatore]]
|Runner
|3,92,007
|31.34
|}

== External links ==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20140112033819/http://parliamentofindia.nic.in/ls/lok12/biodata/12tn20.htm Official biographical sketch on the Parliament of India website] (12th Lok Sabha)
*[http://www.parliamentofindia.nic.in/ls/lok13/biodata/13TN20.htm Official biographical sketch on the Parliament of India website] (13th Lok Sabha)

== References ==
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