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{{Short description|Indian politician, physician, and social worker}} | |||
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2017}} | {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2017}} | ||
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{{Infobox person | {{Infobox person | ||
| honorific_prefix = Dr. | | honorific_prefix = Dr. | ||
| name = | | name = K. Krishnasamy | ||
| image | | image = Puthiya Thamizhakam Founder and President.jpg | ||
| image_size | | image_size = 250 px | ||
| caption =Dr. K. Krishnasamy, former MLA, [[Puthiya Tamilagam]] Party founder and president | | caption = Dr.K.Krishnasamy, former MLA, [[Puthiya Tamilagam]] Party founder and president | ||
| birth_name = K. Krishnasamy | | birth_name = K. Krishnasamy | ||
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes| | | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1952|04|03}} | ||
| birth_place = [[Udumalaipettai]], [[Tamil Nadu]], India | | birth_place = [[Udumalaipettai]], [[Tamil Nadu]], India | ||
| death_date = | |||
| death_date = | | death_place = | ||
| death_place = | | occupation = Physician, Politician. | ||
| occupation = Physician, Politician. | | height = | ||
| height = | | party = [[Puthiya Tamilagam|Puthiya Tamizhagam Party]] | ||
| party | | spouse = Chandrika Krishnasamy | ||
| spouse | | children = Dr Sangeetha Krishnasamy <br/> | ||
| children | Dr Shyam Krishnasamy | ||
| parents | | parents = Karuppusamy Kudumban(father) <br/>Thamarai Ammal(mother) | ||
| awards = | | awards = | ||
| website | | website = [https://ptparty.org/ ptparty.org] | ||
}} | }} | ||
'''Dr. K. Krishnasamy''' is a physician, social worker and an Indian politician and former [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|Member of the Legislative Assembly]] of [[Tamil Nadu]]. He founded the [[Puthiya Tamilagam]] party in 1999<ref>[http://www.rediff.com/news/1999/jul/26tn.htm 'Dalit stir' may divide TN voters]</ref> and as a | '''Dr. K. Krishnasamy''' is a physician, social worker and an Indian politician and former [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|Member of the Legislative Assembly]] of [[Tamil Nadu]]. He founded the [[Puthiya Tamilagam]] party in 1999<ref>[http://www.rediff.com/news/1999/jul/26tn.htm 'Dalit stir' may divide TN voters]</ref> and as a Devendra Kula Velalar Federation candidate was elected to the [[Tamil Nadu legislative assembly]] from [[Pottapidaram (State Assembly Constituency)|Ottapidaram constituency]] in [[1996 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|1996 election]] & And as Puthiya Tamilagam candidate in 2011 Alliance with ADMK PARTY | ||
== Political views == | |||
Krishnasamy on 2019, supported the three language policy in Tamil Nadu and [[Hindi]] as a third language for Tamil students.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Tamilarasu|first=Prabhakar|date=2019-06-04|title=Pro-BJP dalit leader backs Hindi as third language in Tamil Nadu|url=https://thefederal.com/states/south/tamil-nadu/party-in-bjp-ally-wants-tn-to-learn-hindi-as-third-language/|access-date=2021-06-09|website=The Federal|language=en-US}}</ref> Speaking at a function at the [[Immanuvel Sekaran|Immanuel Sekaran]] Memorial near Paramakudi in 2019 Krishnasamy said to his party youngsters, "Even if women of a different caste loves you, you should stay away. We have to move forward".<ref>{{Cite web|last=thiraviaraj.rm|title=வேற ஜாதி பெண்களை காதலிக்காதீங்க... டாக்டர் கிருஷ்ணசாமி வேண்டுகோள்..!|url=https://tamil.asianetnews.com/politics/do-not-love-any-other-caste-women-dr-krishnaswamy-pleads-pxpvra|access-date=2021-10-15|website=Asianet News Network Pvt Ltd|language=ta}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-09-13|title=வேற ஜாதி பெண்களை கல்யாணம் செய்யாதீங்க! தேவேந்திர குல வேளாளார் இளைஞர்களுக்கு கிருஷ்ணசாமி வேண்டுகோள்!|url=https://www.timestamilnews.com/amp/details/doctor-krishnasamy-advice-of-dont-marriage-other-caste-10971|access-date=2021-10-15|website=Times Tamil News}}</ref> He supported NEET for Tamilnadu on August 2017 in a demonstration when AIADMK, DMK and many other parties opposed it.<ref>{{Cite web|title=NEET Exemption Not Required For Tamil Nadu: Dr K. Krishnasamy|url=https://www.ndtv.com/education/neet-exemption-not-required-for-tamil-nadu-dr-k-krishnasamy-1732324|access-date=2022-01-10|website=NDTV.com|language=en}}</ref> | |||
== Controversy == | == Controversy == | ||
When Krishnaswamy was asked at a press conference in May 2019 about his stance in the [[Bharatiya Janata Party|Bhartiya Janata Party]]'s projects, including NEET and hydrocarbon exploration and the explanation for his failure in Tenkasi elections, Krishnaswamy claimed that the journalist who asked the question had further intentions and proceeded on to ask him what caste the journalist belonged to.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-05-29|title=Chennai: Dr K Krishnasamy asks scirbe to identify his caste|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/current-affairs/290519/chennai-dr-k-krishnasamy-asks-scirbe-to-identify-his-caste.html|access-date=2021-02-23|website=Deccan Chronicle|language=en}}</ref> When asked why the journalist's caste was discussed when he was just doing his job of posing questions, Krishnasamy said, "''The reporter kept repeating the same question. What's wrong with asking for one's caste? Is there no caste among all of you?'' "This led to a heated debate between him and the mediapersons, causing a controversy.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Krishnasamy loses cool at press meet, asks journalist his caste|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil-nadu/2019/may/29/krishnasamy-loses-cool-at-press-meet-asks-journalist-his-caste-1983024.html|access-date=2021-02-23|website=The New Indian Express}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=கலிலுல்லா.ச|title= | When Krishnaswamy was asked at a press conference in May 2019 about his stance in the [[Bharatiya Janata Party|Bhartiya Janata Party]]'s projects, including NEET and hydrocarbon exploration and the explanation for his failure in Tenkasi elections, Krishnaswamy claimed that the journalist who asked the question had further intentions and proceeded on to ask him what caste the journalist belonged to.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-05-29|title=Chennai: Dr K Krishnasamy asks scirbe to identify his caste|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/current-affairs/290519/chennai-dr-k-krishnasamy-asks-scirbe-to-identify-his-caste.html|access-date=2021-02-23|website=Deccan Chronicle|language=en}}</ref> When asked why the journalist's caste was discussed when he was just doing his job of posing questions, Krishnasamy said, "''The reporter kept repeating the same question. What's wrong with asking for one's caste? Is there no caste among all of you?'' "This led to a heated debate between him and the mediapersons, causing a controversy.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Krishnasamy loses cool at press meet, asks journalist his caste|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil-nadu/2019/may/29/krishnasamy-loses-cool-at-press-meet-asks-journalist-his-caste-1983024.html|access-date=2021-02-23|website=The New Indian Express}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=கலிலுல்லா.ச|title='நீ எந்த ஊரு.. எந்த சாதி?' - கிருஷ்ணசாமி செய்தியாளர் சந்திப்பில் சர்ச்சை!|url=https://www.vikatan.com/government-and-politics/politics/158516-heat-conversation-between-krishnasamy-and-media-people|url-status=live|access-date=2021-02-23|website=vikatan.com|language=ta}}</ref> | ||
==Puthiya Tamilagam== | |||
Puthiya Tamilagam is a political party based in [[Tamil Nadu]], India.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://eci.nic.in/archive/Feb2005/parties/regd/index.htm |title=Archived copy |access-date=2011-02-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721172805/http://eci.nic.in/archive/Feb2005/parties/regd/index.htm |archive-date=2011-07-21 |url-status=dead }}</ref> | |||
The PT contested the 1999 [[Lok Sabha]] elections<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/farming-main-source-of-livelihood/article27577288.ece |date=16 March 2004 |work=The Hindu |title=Farming main source of livelihood|access-date=2 April 2019|last1=Sudhakar |first1=P. }}</ref> and ten seats in the 2001 state assembly elections, the latter in alliance with the DMK. It won no seats in either case.{{cn|date=July 2020}} | |||
In the 2009 elections to the Lok Sabha, K. Krishnasamy lost to [[P. Lingam]] of CPI.{{cn|date=July 2020}} | |||
For the 2011 state elections, it allied with the [[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]] party and won two seats: K. Krishnasamy secured 71,330 votes in [[Ottapidaram (state assembly constituency)|Ottapidaram]] constituency and A. Ramaswamy secured 75,124 votes in [[Nilakkottai]] constituency.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.deccanchronicle.com/chennai/jaya-takes-lead-seat-deal-234 |title=Archived copy |access-date=2011-02-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110224032746/http://www.deccanchronicle.com/chennai/jaya-takes-lead-seat-deal-234 |archive-date=2011-02-24 |url-status=dead }}</ref> | |||
The 2014 Lok Sabha elections saw PT join with the DMK as part of the Democratic Progressive Alliance. It contested just the Tenkasi constituency, where Krishnasamy lost by 161,774 votes to the AIADMK candidate, M. Vansanthi.{{cn|date=July 2020}} | |||
The PT allied with the DMK for the 2016 state assembly elections and contested the seats of Ottapidaram, [[Srivilliputhur]], Krishnarajapuram and Vasudevanallur. Krishnasamy lost to Sundarraj of the AIADMK by 493 votes in Ottapidaram.{{cn|date=July 2020}} | |||
2019 Lok Sabha election [[Puthiya Tamilagam]] party joined the AIADMK-BJP-PMK alliance in Tamil Nadu as part of the [[National Democratic Alliance (India)|National Democratic Alliance]]. PT was allocated one constituency to contest, with Krishnasamy standing in Tenkasi for the sixth time.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil-nadu/2019/mar/18/krishnasamy-readies-to-fight-in-his-stronghold-tenkasi-for-sixth-time-1952385.html|title=Krishnasamy readies to fight in his stronghold Tenkasi for sixth time|date=18 March 2019|newspaper=The New Indian Express|access-date=4 August 2020}}</ref> | |||
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