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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
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{{Indian name|Vajjaravelu|Ethirajulu}}
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| name               = E.V. Velu
| name = E.V. Velu
| image               =
| image =  
| office             = [[Minister (government)|Minister]] of [[Tamil Nadu Public Works Department|Public Works]] for Tamil Nadu
| office = [[Tamil Nadu Council of Ministers|Cabinet Minister]] <br>[[Government of Tamil Nadu]]
| termstart           = 7 May 2021
| minister = Minister of [[Tamil Nadu Public Works Department|Public Works]]
| termend             =  
| termstart = 7 May 2021
| governor           = [[Banwarilal Purohit]]
| termend =  
| 1blankname         = Chief minister
| governor = [[Banwarilal Purohit]]
| 1namedata           = [[M. K. Stalin]]
| 1blankname = Chief minister
| predecessor         = [[Edappadi K. Palaniswami]]
| 1namedata = [[M. K. Stalin]]
| office1            = [[Minister (government)|Minister]] for Food and Civil Supplies
| predecessor = [[Edappadi K. Palaniswami]]
| termstart1         = 15 May 2006
| minister1 = Minister for Food and Civil Supplies
| termend1           = 15 May 2011
| termstart1 = 13 May 2006
| office2             = [[Member of the State Legislature (India)|Member]] of [[Tamil Nadu legislative assembly]]
| termend1 = 15 May 2011
| termstart2         = 2021
| 1blankname1 = Chief minister
| termend2           =  
| 1namedata1 = [[M. Karunanidhi]]
| termstart3          = 2016
| office2 = [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|Member]] of the [[Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly]]
| termend3            = 2021
| termstart2 = 13 May 2011
| termstart4          = 2011
| termend2 =  
| termend4            = 2016
| predecessor2 = [[K. Pitchandi]]
| termstart5          = 2001
| constituency2 = [[Tiruvannamalai Assembly constituency|Tiruvannamalai]]
| termend5            = 2006
| termstart3 = 13 May 2001
| termstart6          = 1984
| termend3 = 13 May 2011
| termend6            = 1989
| constituency3 = [[Thandarambattu Assembly constituency|Thandarambattu]]
| birth_date         = {{Birth date and age|1951|3|15|df=yes}}
| predecessor3 = [[K. Manivarma]]
| birth_place         = Se. Gudalore    Tiruvannamalai district (Madras Presidency)  [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]]
| successor3 = ''Constituency Abolished''
| party              = [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
| termstart4 = 1984
| footnotes           =  
| termend4 = 1989
| constituency4 = [[Thandarambattu Assembly constituency|Thandarambattu]]
| predecessor4 = [[D. Venugopal]]
| successor4 = D. Ponnumudi
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1951|3|15|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Koovanur, Kallakurichi|Koovanur]], [[Manalurpet]], [[Kallakurichi]], [[Madras State]], (now [[Tamil Nadu]]), India
| birth_name = Ethirajulu Vajjaravelu
| party = [[File:Flag DMK.svg|20px]] [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]] (from 1997)
| otherparty = [[File:AIADMK OfficialFlag Vector.svg|20px]] [[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]] (1972–1997)
| footnotes =  
| alma_mater = [[Annamalai University]] (MA, History)
| spouse = Sankari Velu (Known as Jeeva Velu)
| children = 1.Dr.E.V.V.Kamban (State Vice President of DMK Medical Wing) <br/>
2.Er.E.V.V.Kumaran
| parents = Ethirajulu (Father)<br/> Saraswati Ammal (Mother)
| relatives = Manogaran (Brother)
| occupation = Politician, Founder of Saraswathy Ammal Educational Trust
}}
}}
'''Ethirajulu Vajjaravelu''' or '''E. V. Velu''' (born 15 March 1951) is an Indian senior politician who has been serving as the Minister of Public Works, Highways and Minor Ports in the [[M. K. Stalin ministry]] of the state of [[Tamil Nadu]] since 2021. He formerly served as the Minister for Food and Civil Supplies in the state under [[M. Karunanidhi]] (2006–2011).
Velu has been elected to the [[Tamil Nadu legislative assembly]] as [[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]] (AIADMK) party candidate from [[Thandarambattu (State Assembly Constituency)|Thandarambattu constituency]], in [[1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election|1984]]. In 1997, he joined DMK (at a time when the [[MGR Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]] split from the AIADMK to ally with the [[BJP]]) and got elected from the same constituency in [[2001 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|2001]]<ref>{{cite web |publisher=Election Commission of India |page=6 |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2001/Stat_Rep_TN_2001.pdf |title=Statistical Report on General Election 2001 for the Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu |accessdate=17 May 2017}}</ref> and [[2006 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|2006]].<ref>{{cite web |publisher=Election Commission of India |page=6 |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2006/StatReport_TN_2006.pdf |title=Statistical Report on General Election 2006 for the Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu |accessdate=17 May 2017}}</ref> He was subsequently elected twice from [[Tiruvannamalai (State Assembly Constituency)|Tiruvannamalai constituency]] as a [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]] candidate in [[2011 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|2011]]<ref>{{cite web |publisher=Election Commission of India |page=10 |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2011/stat_TN_May2011.pdf |title=Statistical Report on General Election 2011 for the Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu |accessdate=17 May 2017}}</ref> and [[2016 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|2016]] and [[2021 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|2021]].<ref>{{cite web |publisher=Election Commission of India |page=2 |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/archiveofge2016/01-List%20of%20sucessful%20Candidatestamil.pdf |title=List of successful candidates |accessdate=17 May 2017}}</ref>
== Background ==
Velu was born in [[Koovanur, Kallakurichi|Koovanur]] near [[Manalurpet]] in [[Kallakurichi district]] in a [[Telugu people|Telugu]] [[Gavara|Gavara Balija]] family on 15 March 1951.<ref>
*{{cite web |url=http://www.assembly.tn.gov.in/disp_ind.asp?prof_id=87 |title=E. V. Velu profile at TN government website |publisher=Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070823104040/http://www.assembly.tn.gov.in/disp_ind.asp?prof_id=87 |archivedate=23 August 2007}}
*{{cite web|editor1-last=இரா.தினேஷ்குமார்|title=மெக்கானிக் முதல் 'மாண்புமிகு' வரை... - எ.வ.வேலு 'வல்லமை' வரலாறு! |publisher= இந்து தமிழ் திசை|date= November 10, 2023 |quote=கள்ளக்குறிச்சி மாவட்டம் திருக்கோவிலூர் (முந்தைய விழுப்புரம் மாவட்டம்) அடுத்த மணலூர்பேட்டை அருகே கூவனூர் கிராமத்தில் விவசாயி எத்திராஜ் - சரஸ்வதி தம்பதிக்கு கடந்த 15-03-1951-ல் மகனாக பிறந்தவர் வஜ்ஜிரவேலு. |url=https://www.hindutamil.in/news/tamilnadu/1151528-mechanic-to-honourable-minister-inspiring-journey-of-e-v-velu.html }}
*{{Cite AV media |script-title=ta:தமிழ்நாடு கவரா நாயுடு நல சங்கத்தினர் செய்தியாளர் சந்திப்பு|url=https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=EDU0TeI5viA}}
*{{Cite web |url=https://www.dinamalar.com/dinam-dinam/tea-kadai-bench/news/2760405 |title=களைகட்டும் தேர்தல் பந்தயம்! |website=தினமலர் நாளிதழ் (மே 01, 2021)}}
</ref> His parents Ethirajulu and Saraswati Ammal were farmers. He holds a master's degree in history from [[Annamalai University]]. Velu started out as a pump repairman but later joined a bus company named as Dhamodharan Bus Services in the Tiruvannamalai district as a [[bus conductor]]. An admirer of [[M. G. Ramachandran]], he became an AIADMK member on its inception, becoming its deputy organizer for [[Thandarambattu (State Assembly Constituency)|Thandarambattu]].<ref name="Youtube">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YD7P9oMUELc Minister EV Velu | சினிமா ஆசை கண்டக்டர் Jayalalithaa -வை தவிக்க வைத்த கதை! | DMK | Mr Minister]. ''YouTube''.</ref><ref name="சமயம்">[https://tamil.samayam.com/latest-news/state-news/all-you-need-to-know-about-minister-ev-velu-from-bus-conductor-to-aiadmk-to-dmk/articleshow/104932527.cms?story=4  All you need to know about minister EV Velu: From bus conductor to AIADMK to DMK]. ''[[Samayam]]''.</ref><ref name="தினமணி">[https://www.dinamani.com/all-editions/edition-chennai/tiruvannamalai/2016/apr/14/%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%95-%E0%AE%B5%E0%AF%87%E0%AE%9F%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%AA%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%B3%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%8D-%E0%AE%9A%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%AF%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%B0%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%8D...-1313361.html திமுக வேட்பாளர் சுயவிவரம்]. ''[[Dinamani]]''. 14 April 2016.</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://dinamalar.com/detail.php?id=2760405 |title=களைகட்டும் தேர்தல் பந்தயம்! |website=Dinamalar|date=1 May 2021}}{{dead link|date=April 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>


'''E. V. Velu''' (born 15 March 1951) is an Indian Tamil and Minister of Public works, Highways and Minor Ports for [[Tamil Nadu|Tamilnadu]]. He served as former Minister for Food in the state of [[Tamil Nadu]], India.
He was involved in film distribution along with politics and acted in a couple of films like ''[[Thilakam]]''.<ref name="Youtube"/>


Velu has been elected to the [[Tamil Nadu legislative assembly]] thrice as [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]] (DMK) party candidate from [[Thandarambattu (State Assembly Constituency)|Thandarambattu constituency]], in [[1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election|1984]], [[2001 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|2001]]<ref>{{cite web |publisher=Election Commission of India |page=6 |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2001/Stat_Rep_TN_2001.pdf |title=Statistical Report on General Election 2001 for the Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu |accessdate=2017-05-17}}</ref> and [[2006 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|2006]].<ref>{{cite web |publisher=Election Commission of India |page=6 |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2006/StatReport_TN_2006.pdf |title=Statistical Report on General Election 2006 for the Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu |accessdate=2017-05-17}}</ref> He was subsequently elected twice from [[Tiruvannamalai (State Assembly Constituency)|Tiruvannamalai constituency]] as a [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]] candidate in [[2011 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|2011]]<ref>{{cite web |publisher=Election Commission of India |page=10 |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2011/stat_TN_May2011.pdf |title=Statistical Report on General Election 2011 for the Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu |accessdate=2017-05-17}}</ref> and [[2016 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|2016]].<ref>{{cite web |publisher=Election Commission of India |page=2 |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/archiveofge2016/01-List%20of%20sucessful%20Candidatestamil.pdf |title=List of successful candidates |accessdate=2017-05-17}}</ref>
== Controversies ==


Velu was born in  Se. Gudalore  on 15 March 1951.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.assembly.tn.gov.in/disp_ind.asp?prof_id=87 |title=E. V. Velu profile at TN government website |publisher=Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070823104040/http://www.assembly.tn.gov.in/disp_ind.asp?prof_id=87 |archivedate=2007-08-23}}</ref>
=== "India" comment ===
After the DMK joined the [[Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance|I.N.D.I.A]] political alliance, Velu gave a speech regarding the word "[[India (word)|India]]", and was questioned about the impact the word had on the people of Tamil Nadu.


==Elections Contested and Results==
Translation of speech:<ref name="TOI">[https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/tn-minister-velu-says-modi-misquoted-his-speech/articleshow/102655357.cms TN minister Velu says Modi misquoted his speech]. ''[[Times of India]]''.</ref><ref>[https://theprint.in/india/expunge-modi-iranis-remarks-on-tn-minister-velu-dmk-urges-lok-sabha-speaker/1711151/ Expunge Modi, Irani's remarks on TN minister Velu: DMK urges Lok Sabha speaker]. ''[[The Print (India)|The Print]]''.</ref>
{{blockquote|“What is the state today? The word India never had any impact on us. When has India had an impact on us? I’m making an open statement. There wasn’t any such impact on us. I'm talking about some time ago. Where did we have an impact? There was no impact. India is someplace in [[North India]]. We belong to Tamil Nadu. If possible, we have to create a [[Dravida Nadu]]. Our thought process was going in that direction.”}}
 
Velu later said the [[BJP]] had misquoted his statements, after the party raised objections against the speech in the [[Lok Sabha]]. He clarified that he was only talking about how some people in the state had perceived the word in the past, "I was explaining what the situation was earlier and what the situation is now. I mentioned that once upon we did not have impactful feelings towards “India” - but that was once upon a time," he said. Further adding that the current DMK [[Dravidian parties|Dravidian ideology]] has the responsibility to protect India and [[M. K. Stalin]] plays a crucial role in it.<ref name="TOI"/>
 
== Elections Contested and results ==
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In this Indian name, the name Ethirajulu is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Vajjaravelu.
E.V. Velu
Cabinet Minister
Government of Tamil Nadu
Assumed office
7 May 2021
MinisterMinister of Public Works
GovernorBanwarilal Purohit
Chief ministerM. K. Stalin
Preceded byEdappadi K. Palaniswami
In office
13 May 2006 – 15 May 2011
MinisterMinister for Food and Civil Supplies
Chief ministerM. Karunanidhi
Member of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Assumed office
13 May 2011
Preceded byK. Pitchandi
ConstituencyTiruvannamalai
In office
13 May 2001 – 13 May 2011
Preceded byK. Manivarma
Succeeded byConstituency Abolished
ConstituencyThandarambattu
In office
1984–1989
Preceded byD. Venugopal
Succeeded byD. Ponnumudi
ConstituencyThandarambattu
Personal details
Born
Ethirajulu Vajjaravelu

(1951-03-15) 15 March 1951 (age 75)
Koovanur, Manalurpet, Kallakurichi, Madras State, (now Tamil Nadu), India
Political party Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (from 1997)
Other political
affiliations		File:AIADMK OfficialFlag Vector.svg All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (1972–1997)
Spouse(s)Sankari Velu (Known as Jeeva Velu)
Children1.Dr.E.V.V.Kamban (State Vice President of DMK Medical Wing)
2.Er.E.V.V.Kumaran
Parent(s)Ethirajulu (Father)
Saraswati Ammal (Mother)
RelativesManogaran (Brother)
Alma materAnnamalai University (MA, History)
OccupationPolitician, Founder of Saraswathy Ammal Educational Trust

Ethirajulu Vajjaravelu or E. V. Velu (born 15 March 1951) is an Indian senior politician who has been serving as the Minister of Public Works, Highways and Minor Ports in the M. K. Stalin ministry of the state of Tamil Nadu since 2021. He formerly served as the Minister for Food and Civil Supplies in the state under M. Karunanidhi (2006–2011).

Velu has been elected to the Tamil Nadu legislative assembly as All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) party candidate from Thandarambattu constituency, in 1984. In 1997, he joined DMK (at a time when the MGR Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam split from the AIADMK to ally with the BJP) and got elected from the same constituency in 2001[1] and 2006.[2] He was subsequently elected twice from Tiruvannamalai constituency as a Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate in 2011[3] and 2016 and 2021.[4]

Background[edit | edit source]

Velu was born in Koovanur near Manalurpet in Kallakurichi district in a Telugu Gavara Balija family on 15 March 1951.[5] His parents Ethirajulu and Saraswati Ammal were farmers. He holds a master's degree in history from Annamalai University. Velu started out as a pump repairman but later joined a bus company named as Dhamodharan Bus Services in the Tiruvannamalai district as a bus conductor. An admirer of M. G. Ramachandran, he became an AIADMK member on its inception, becoming its deputy organizer for Thandarambattu.[6][7][8][9]

He was involved in film distribution along with politics and acted in a couple of films like Thilakam.[6]

Controversies[edit | edit source]

"India" comment[edit | edit source]

After the DMK joined the I.N.D.I.A political alliance, Velu gave a speech regarding the word "India", and was questioned about the impact the word had on the people of Tamil Nadu.

Translation of speech:[10][11]

“What is the state today? The word India never had any impact on us. When has India had an impact on us? I’m making an open statement. There wasn’t any such impact on us. I'm talking about some time ago. Where did we have an impact? There was no impact. India is someplace in North India. We belong to Tamil Nadu. If possible, we have to create a Dravida Nadu. Our thought process was going in that direction.”

Velu later said the BJP had misquoted his statements, after the party raised objections against the speech in the Lok Sabha. He clarified that he was only talking about how some people in the state had perceived the word in the past, "I was explaining what the situation was earlier and what the situation is now. I mentioned that once upon we did not have impactful feelings towards “India” - but that was once upon a time," he said. Further adding that the current DMK Dravidian ideology has the responsibility to protect India and M. K. Stalin plays a crucial role in it.[10]

Elections Contested and results[edit | edit source]

Elections Constituency Party Result
1984 Thandarambattu ADMK Won
2001 Thandarambattu DMK Won
2006 Thandarambattu DMK Won
2011 Tiruvannamalai DMK Won
2016 Tiruvannamalai DMK Won
2021 Tiruvannamalai DMK Won

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "Statistical Report on General Election 2001 for the Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 6. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
  2. ↑ "Statistical Report on General Election 2006 for the Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 6. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
  3. ↑ "Statistical Report on General Election 2011 for the Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 10. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
  4. ↑ "List of successful candidates" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 2. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
  5. ↑
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Minister EV Velu | சினிமா ஆசை கண்டக்டர் Jayalalithaa -வை தவிக்க வைத்த கதை! | DMK | Mr Minister. YouTube.
  7. ↑ All you need to know about minister EV Velu: From bus conductor to AIADMK to DMK. Samayam.
  8. ↑ திமுக வேட்பாளர் சுயவிவரம். Dinamani. 14 April 2016.
  9. ↑ "களைகட்டும் தேர்தல் பந்தயம்!". Dinamalar. 1 May 2021.[dead link]
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 TN minister Velu says Modi misquoted his speech. Times of India.
  11. ↑ Expunge Modi, Irani's remarks on TN minister Velu: DMK urges Lok Sabha speaker. The Print.
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