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{{Infobox officeholder<br />
| name = Udumalai K. Radhakrishnan<br />
| image = Udumalai-radha.png<br />
| caption = <br />
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1965|12|16}}<br />
| birth_name = K Radhakrishnan<br />
| birth_place = [[Pollachi]], Tamil Nadu<br />
| party = [[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]<br />
| nationality = Indian<br />
| office = Minister for Animal Husbandry<br />
| education = B.Com<br />
| alma_mater = [[Nallamuthu Gounder Mahalingam College]]<br />
| termstart = August 2017<br />
| termend = May 2021<br />
| predecessor = [[P. Balakrishna Reddy]]<br />
| office1 = Minister for Housing and Urban Development<br />
| termstart1 = May 2016<br />
| termend1 = August 2017<br />
| predecessor1 = [[R. Vaithilingam]]<br />
| successor1 = [[O. Panneerselvam]]<br />
| office2 = [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|Member of the Legislative Assembly]] from [[Udumalaipettai]]<br />
| termstart2 = May 2016<br />
| termend2 = <br />
| predecessor2 = [[V. Jayaraman]]<br />
| office3 = Chairman of [[Tamil Nadu Arasu Cable TV Corporation Limited]]<br />
| termstart3 = July 2011<br />
| termend3 = May 2016<br />
| predecessor3 = ''Position established''<br />
| successor3 = [[M. Manikandan (politician)]]<br />
| termstart4 = July 2019<br />
| termend4 = july 2021<br />
| predecessor4 = [[M. Manikandan (politician)]]<br />
| successor4 = <br />
| website = {{URL|https://udumalairadhakrishnan.in//|Udumalai K. Radhakrishnan}}<br />
}}<br />
'''Udumalai K. Radhakrishnan''' is an Indian politician and a member of the [[Fifteenth Assembly of Tamil Nadu|15th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly]]. He was elected from the [[Udumalpet (state assembly constituency)|Udumalpet constituency]] as a candidate of the AIADMK party. He served as the Chairman of [[Tamil Nadu Arasu Cable TV Corporation Limited]] from 2011 to 2016. Again he was appointed as the Chairman of [[Tamil Nadu Arasu Cable TV Corporation Limited]] in July 2019.<ref>{{cite news |title= Government puts minister at helm to salvage Arasu Cable |date=24 July 2019 |work=The Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/70353630.cms |access-date=2019-09-11}}</ref><br />
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[[Jayalalithaa]] appointed Radhakrishnan as Minister for Housing and Urban Development in May 2016. This was his first cabinet post.<ref>{{cite news |title= Jayalalithaa and her 28-member Cabinet to be sworn in on May 23 |date=21 May 2016 |work=The Hindu |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/list-of-ministers-in-jayalalithaa-cabinet/article8630370.ece |access-date=2017-05-04}}</ref><br />
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In April 2017, Radhakrishnan was one of three AIADMK ministers against whom police filed a [[First Information Report]] after allegations of obstructing officials who were conducting raids related to income tax. He and [[R. Kamaraj]] were alleged to have done so at the house of the Minister for Health, [[C. Vijayabhaskar]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/chennai-firs-aiadmk-ministers-obstructing-it-raids/1/929457.html |title=FIRs against 3 AIADMK ministers for obstructing I-T raids |first=Pramod |last=Madhav |date=14 April 2017 |access-date=2017-05-04}}</ref><br />
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== Personal life ==<br />
Radhakrishnan was born on 16 December 1965 at [[Pollachi]], [[Coimbatore]] district, Madras State (present-day Tamil Nadu). After completing school, he completed for B.Com from [[Nallamuthu Gounder Mahalingam College]]. He is married to Krishna Brindha Radhakrishnan and has one daughter and one son. He is a cable TV operator and agriculturist by occupation.<br />
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==Elections contested==<br />
===Tamil Nadu Legislative elections===<br />
{|<br />
|- style="background:#adc;"<br />
! width="140" |Elections<br />
! width="70" |Constituency<br />
! width="70" |Party<br />
! width="70" |Result<br />
! width="70" |Vote percentage<br />
! width="100" |Opposition Candidate<br />
! width="70" |Opposition Party<br />
! width="70" |Opposition vote percentage<br />
|- <br />
| bgcolor="98FB98" |[[2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election]]||[[Udumalpet (state assembly constituency)|Udumalpet]]||[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|AIADMK]]||{{Won}}||44.73||Muthu K||[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]]||41.62 <ref>{{cite news |title= IndiaVotes AC: Udumalaipettai 2016 |date=19 May 2016 |work=IndiaVotes |url=https://www.indiavotes.com/ac/details/40/37086/250 |access-date=2019-09-13}}</ref><br />
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| bgcolor="98FB98" |[[2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election]]||[[Udumalpet (state assembly constituency)|Udumalpet]]||[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|AIADMK]]||{{Won}}||49.85||Thennarasu K||[[Indian National Congress|INC]]||38.59 <br />
|}<br />
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== References ==<br />
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[[Category:1965 births]]<br />
[[Category:Living people]]<br />
[[Category:Members of the 15th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly]]<br />
[[Category:State cabinet ministers of Tamil Nadu]]<br />
[[Category:All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam politicians]]<br />
[[Category:Coimbatore district]]<br />
[[Category:Members of the 16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly]]</div>->Mohamednainar54