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'''V.M.C. Sivakumar''' was the former agriculture minister and speaker of the union territory of [[Puducherry (union territory)|Puducherry]]. His family had dominated the constituency of [[Neravy T R Pattinam (Union Territory Assembly constituency)|Neravy T.R.Pattinam]] for decades by winning about 10 elections. '''V.M.C. Sivakumar''' alone won 5 elections with 4 continuous win from 1996–2011. He had been a [[Dravida MK|DMK]] leader who moved to AIADMK in the year 2016.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/puducherry/vmc-sivakumar-joins-aiadmk/article8431843.ece | title=V.M.C. Sivakumar joins AIADMK | first=S. | last=Prasad | date=4 April 2016 | newspaper=The Hindu | accessdate=16 February 2020 }}</ref> He lost his last election in 2016 to [[Geetha Anandan]] from DMK. He was murdered by armed gang due to personal enmity in 2017 January.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2017-01-03|title=Former Puducherry minister VMC Sivakumar allegedly murdered|url=https://www.indiablooms.com/news-details/N/27489/former-puducherry-minister-vmc-sivakumar-allegedly-murdered.html|url-status=live|website=Indiablooms.com}}</ref><br />
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==Term as MLA==<br />
V.M.C. Sivakumar as a DMK leader has won four elections in the 1980, 1996, 2001, 2006 elections in [[Neravy T R Pattinam (Union Territory Assembly constituency)]]. In the election of 2011 he won as an independent candidate, which was his 5th term as MLA.<br />
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==Assassination==<br />
An armed gang murdered Sivakumar in January 2017. The reason was said to be the personal enmity between Sivakumar and a liquor baron Ramu's family. Days later, it was found Ramu's second wife Ezhilarasi's role was behind the murder.<ref>{{Cite web|date=5 January 2017|title=Day after murder, cops probe Ezhilarasi’s role|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil-nadu/2017/jan/05/day-after-murder-cops-probe-ezhilarasis-role-1556287.html|url-status=live|access-date=22 April 2021|website=[[The New Indian Express]]}}</ref><br />
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