Siva Murugesan: Difference between revisions

'''Siva Murugesan''' is the general secretary of Ambedkar Makkal Iyakkam<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ambedkar Makkal Iyakkam |url=https://sites.google.com/view/ambedkar-makkal-iyakkam/home |access-date=2022-07-28 |website=sites.google.com |language=en-US}}</ref> who has been serving more than 40 years for social welfare. He has been spreading Ambedkar ideologies from the age of 18 and holds M.A from [[Annamalai University]], Chidambaram.<ref>{{cite news |title=அம்பேத்கர் மக்கள் இயக்க தலைமை நிலைய செயற்குழு கூட்டம் பொதுச்செயலாளர் சிவ முருகேசன் அவர்களின் தலைமையில் சென்னையில்  நடைபெற்றது |url=https://youtu.be/uSv3iqS-Jig |publisher=Siva Murugesan}}</ref> Murugesan joined the Ambedkar People's Movement in 1987 as a grassroots activist and later worked hard for the development of the movement and held the posts of Union Youth, Secretary, Union Under Secretary and Union Secretary. He later served as the District Youth Secretary from 1977-1998. Then in 2003, he took over as Thanjavur district chief and after the demise of [[V. Balasundaram|Vai.  Balasundaram]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=2007-10-01 |title=The Hindu : Tamil Nadu / Tirunelveli News : Demonstration seeking judicial probe |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071001045254/http://www.hindu.com/2007/01/10/stories/2007011004350200.htm |access-date=2022-07-28 |website=web.archive.org}}</ref>, Siva Murugesan took over as the Organizing Secretary of the State in 2018 for the development of the movement and for the sustainability of the party. In 2019, he took over as the general secretary of the party.<ref>{{Cite news |others=Special Correspondent |date=2019-12-07 |title=Ex-Mayor passes away |language=en-IN |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/ex-mayor-passes-away/article30233835.ece |access-date=2022-07-28 |issn=0971-751X}}</ref> He also played a crucial role in the installation of numerous [[B. R. Ambedkar|Ambedkar]] statues across the state.