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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
{{use dmy dates|date=May 2017}}
{{use Indian English|date=May 2017}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|name = V. P. Kalairajan
|image =
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|caption =
|order =
|office = [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|Member]] of the [[Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly]]
|term_start = 2011
|term_end = 2016
|predecessor =
|constituency = [[Theagaraya Nagar (State Assembly Constituency)|Theagaraya Nagar]]
|term_start2 = 2006
|term_end2 = 2011
|predecessor2 = [[J. Anbazhagan]]
|constituency2 = [[Theagaraya Nagar (State Assembly Constituency)|Theagaraya Nagar]]
|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1961|6|15|df=yes}}
|birth_place = [[Orathanadu]], [[Madras State]], [[India]]
|death_date =
|death_place =
|party = [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]](2019-present) <br /> [[Amma Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam]](2018-2019) <br /> [[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]](Until 2017)
|spouse =
|children = 2
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'''V. P. Kalairajan''' (born 15 June 1961) is an Indian politician and was a member of the [[Thirteenth Assembly of Tamil Nadu|13th]] and [[Fourteenth Assembly of Tamil Nadu|14th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assemblies]] from the [[Theagaraya Nagar (State Assembly Constituency)|Theagaraya Nagar constituency]] in [[Chennai district]]. He represented the [[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]] (AIADMK) party.
Now He is in [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]].

Kalairajan won the Theagaraya Nagar constituency as an AIADMK candidate in the [[2006 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|2006]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Tamil Nadu Assembly Election Results in 2006 |url=http://www.elections.in/tamil-nadu/assembly-constituencies/2006-election-results.html |publisher=Infobase |access-date=2017-05-04}}</ref> and [[2011 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|2011 state assembly elections]].<ref>{{cite web|title=List of MLAs from Tamil Nadu 2011|url=http://www.assembly.tn.gov.in/member_list.pdf|publisher=Government of Tamil Nadu |access-date=2017-04-26}}</ref>

The [[2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election|elections of 2016]] resulted in Kalairajan's constituency being won by [[B. Sathyanarayanan]] of the AIADMK.<ref>{{cite web |title=Thyagaraya Nagar (T. Nagar) Election Results 2016 |publisher=Infobase |url=http://www.elections.in/tamil-nadu/assembly-constituencies/thiyagarayanagar.html |access-date=2017-05-04}}</ref> He was one of thirteen AIADMK MLAs in the Greater Chennai area who were deselected by the party, apparently in an attempt to thwart a potential anti-incumbency backlash from the electorate following the [[2015 South Indian floods|recent flooding]]. It was felt that fresh faces would put some distance between the past and the present.<ref>{{cite news |work=Deccan Chronicle |title=MLAs in flood-hit areas denied tickets |first=C. S. |last=Kotteswaran |date=5 April 2016 |url=http://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/politics/050416/mlas-in-flood-hit-areas-denied-tickets.html |access-date=2017-05-05}}</ref>

{{as of|December 2016}}, Kalairajan was AIADMK district secretary for South Chennai (North) unit,<ref>{{cite news |title= Take over post of general secretary, AIADMK district units plead Sasikala |work=Deccan Chronicle |first=S. |last=Thirunavukarasu |date=18 December 2016 |url=http://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/current-affairs/181216/support-for-sasikala-gathers-momentum-in-aiadmk.html |access-date=2017-05-04}}</ref> a position from which he had been removed by [[Jayalalithaa]], the then [[Chief Minister (India)|Chief Minister]], in October 2015.<ref>{{cite news |work=NDTV |title=Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa Names 50 District Secretaries of AIADMK |agency=PTI |date=8 October 2015 |url=http://www.ndtv.com/tamil-nadu-news/tamil-nadu-cm-jayalalithaa-names-50-district-secretaries-of-aiadmk-1229415 |access-date=2017-05-04}}</ref> Following the death of Jayalalitha in December 2016, he supported the move to have [[V. K. Sasikala]] installed as Chief Minister in place of [[O. Paneerselvam]].<ref>{{cite news |work=Huffington Post |title=AIADMK Leaders Urge Sasikala To Head Both Party And Government |date=19 December 2016 |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.in/2016/12/19/aiadmk-leaders-urge-sasikala-to-head-both-party-and-government/ |access-date=2017-05-04}}</ref>

== Personal life ==
Kalairajan was born on 15 June 1961 in [[Orathanadu]]. He has MA and BL degrees, has worked as an advocate and is married with two children.<ref>{{cite web |title=Thiru. V.P. Kalairajan (AIADMK) |publisher=Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu |url=http://www.assembly.tn.gov.in/members/profile/024.htm |access-date=2017-05-04}}</ref>

== References ==
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{{Members of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly (2011-2016)|state=collapsed}}

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[[Category:1961 births]]
[[Category:Members of the 13th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly]]
[[Category:Members of the 14th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly]]
[[Category:All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam politicians]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:People from Thanjavur district]]

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