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| name          = Kadambur C. Raju
| name          = Kadambur C. Raju
| image          =  
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| office        = [[Government of Tamil Nadu|Minister for Information and Publicity]]
| office        = Member of [[Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly]]
| term_start    = 23 May 2016
| term_start    = 23 May 2011
| term_end      =  
| term_end      =  
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| 1blankname    = Chief Minister
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| 1namedata      = {{ubl|[[J. Jayalalithaa]]|[[O. Panneerselvam]]|[[Edappadi K. Palaniswami]]|[[M. K. Stalin]]}}
| predecessor    = [[K. T. Rajenthra Bhalaji]]
| predecessor    = [[L. Radhakrishnan]]
| successor      =  
| successor      =  
| constituency  = [[Kovilpatti (State Assembly Constituency)|Kovilpatti]]  
| constituency  = [[Kovilpatti (state assembly constituency)|Kovilpatti]]
| office1        = Member of [[Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly]]
| office1        = [[Government of Tamil Nadu|Minister of Information and Publicity]]
| term_start1    = 23 May 2011
| term_start1    = 23 May 2016
| term_end1      =  
| term_end1      = 6 May 2021
| 1blankname1    = Chief Minister
| 1blankname1    = Chief Minister
| 1namedata1    = {{ubl|[[J. Jayalalithaa]]|[[O. Panneerselvam]]|J. Jayalalithaa|O. Panneerselvam|[[Edappadi K. Palaniswami]]}}
| 1namedata1    = {{ubl|[[J. Jayalalithaa]]|[[O. Panneerselvam]]|[[Edappadi K. Palaniswami]]}}
| predecessor1  = [[L. Radhakrishnan]]
| predecessor1  = [[K. T. Rajenthra Bhalaji]]
| successor1    =  
| successor1    = [[M. P. Saminathan]]
| constituency1  = [[Kovilpatti (State Assembly Constituency)|Kovilpatti]]
| constituency1  = [[Kovilpatti (state assembly constituency)|Kovilpatti]]  
| office2        = Organization Secretary of Thoothukudi North District
| office2        = Organization Secretary of Thoothukudi North District
| term_start2    = 2 March 2019
| term_start2    = 2 March 2019
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'''Kadambur C. Raju''' (born 20 Aug 1959) is an Indian politician and incumbent member of the [[Fifteenth Assembly of Tamil Nadu|15th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly]] from the [[Kovilpatti (State Assembly Constituency)|Kovilpatti]] constituency. He represents the [[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]] (AIADMK) party.
'''Kadambur C. Raju''' (born 20 Aug 1959) is an Indian politician and the member of [[Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly]] from the [[Kovilpatti (state assembly constituency)|Kovilpatti]] constituency. He represents the [[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]] (AIADMK) party.


Raju won the Kovilpatti seat in the [[Fourteenth Assembly of Tamil Nadu|14th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly]] in the [[2011 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|2011 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 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120320103427/http://www.assembly.tn.gov.in/member_list.pdf |archive-date=2012-03-20 }}</ref> He was initially deselected from contesting the seat in the [[2016 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|2016 elections]], with then AIADMK General Secretary [[J. Jayalalithaa]] preferring to let K. Ramanujam Ganesh stand. However, when it was understood that the experienced [[Vaiko]] was to stand there for the [[People's Welfare Front]], Jayalalithaa chose to reinstate Raju because he was a more potent electoral force than Ganesh. A few days later, Vaiko announced that he would not contest the constituency.<ref>{{cite news  |title=Complex scene |date=27 May 2016 |work=Frontline |url=http://www.frontline.in/the-nation/complex-scene/article8581042.ece |access-date=2017-05-04}}</ref> Raju won the seat with 428 more votes than his nearest rival.<ref>{{cite web |title=Kovilpatti (Tamil Nadu) Election Results 2016 |publisher=Infobase |url=http://www.elections.in/tamil-nadu/assembly-constituencies/kovilpatti.html |access-date=2017-05-04}}</ref>
Raju won the Kovilpatti seat in the [[Fourteenth Assembly of Tamil Nadu|14th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly]] in the [[2011 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|2011 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 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120320103427/http://www.assembly.tn.gov.in/member_list.pdf |archive-date=2012-03-20 }}</ref> He was initially deselected from contesting the seat in the [[2016 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|2016 elections]], with then AIADMK General Secretary [[J. Jayalalithaa]] preferring to let K. Ramanujam Ganesh stand. However, when it was understood that the experienced [[Vaiko]] was to stand there for the [[People's Welfare Front]], Jayalalithaa chose to reinstate Raju because he was a more potent electoral force than Ganesh. A few days later, Vaiko announced that he would not contest the constituency.<ref>{{cite news  |title=Complex scene |date=27 May 2016 |work=Frontline |url=http://www.frontline.in/the-nation/complex-scene/article8581042.ece |access-date=2017-05-04}}</ref> Raju won the seat with 428 more votes than his nearest rival.<ref>{{cite web |title=Kovilpatti (Tamil Nadu) Election Results 2016 |publisher=Infobase |url=http://www.elections.in/tamil-nadu/assembly-constituencies/kovilpatti.html |access-date=2017-05-04}}</ref>
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In April 2017 he 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 was alleged to have done so at the house of [[Sarathkumar]], the president of [[All India Samathuva Makkal Katchi]].<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>
In April 2017 he 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 was alleged to have done so at the house of [[Sarathkumar]], the president of [[All India Samathuva Makkal Katchi]].<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>
He recently attended a conference conducted by the Kamma Naidu caste organization in which he was born. <ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gM5X4-yOHiA</ref>
He recently attended a conference conducted by the Kamma Naidu caste organization in which he was born. <ref>{{cite web| url-status = live| archive-url = https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211205/gM5X4-yOHiA| archive-date = 2021-12-05| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gM5X4-yOHiA| title = சாதிச் சங்க மாநாட்டில் அமைச்சர் பங்கேற்பு : அமைச்சர் மீது அதிமுக எம்.எல்.ஏ குற்றச்சாட்டு | website=[[YouTube]]}}{{cbignore}}</ref>


== Personal life ==
== Personal life ==
Raju was born on 20 August 1959 into Telugu Kamma Naidu family in Kovilpatti which has a sizeable number of Kamma Naidus like Coimbatore, Tiruppur, Tirunelveli, Thoothukudi, Madurai, Ramanathapuram and Karur. <ref>{{cite web |url=http://kammasworld.blogspot.com/2017/12/kadambur-raju-ministers-present-1.html}}, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gM5X4-yOHiA</ref> He has a D.T.Ed. degree and took early retirement from his job as a teacher. He is married and he has two children.<ref>{{cite web |title=Thiru. Kadambur Raju (AIADMK) |publisher=Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu |url=http://www.assembly.tn.gov.in/members/profile/218.html |access-date=2017-05-04}}</ref>
Raju was born on 20 August 1959 into Telugu Kamma Naidu family in Kovilpatti which has a sizeable number of Kamma Naidus like Coimbatore, Tiruppur, Tirunelveli, Thoothukudi, Madurai, Ramanathapuram and Karur. <ref>{{cite web |url=http://kammasworld.blogspot.com/2017/12/kadambur-raju-ministers-present-1.html|title=List of Kamma Ministers in Tamilnadu Assembly (Past and Present)}}, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gM5X4-yOHiA</ref> He has a D.T.Ed. degree and took early retirement from his job as a teacher. He is married and he has two children.<ref>{{cite web |title=Thiru. Kadambur Raju (AIADMK) |publisher=Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu |url=http://www.assembly.tn.gov.in/members/profile/218.html |access-date=2017-05-04}}</ref>


== References ==
== References ==
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[[Category:Members of the 14th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly]]
[[Category:Members of the 14th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly]]
[[Category:Members of the 15th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly]]
[[Category:Members of the 15th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly]]
[[Category:Members of the 16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly]]
[[Category:All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam politicians]]
[[Category:All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam politicians]]
[[Category:State cabinet ministers of Tamil Nadu]]
[[Category:State cabinet ministers of Tamil Nadu]]
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