K. Pitchandi | |
|---|---|
| 14thDeputy Speaker of Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly | |
| Assumed office 12 May 2021 | |
| Governor | Banwarilal Purohit |
| Speaker | M. Appavu |
| Preceded by | Pollachi V. Jayaraman |
| Member of the Legislative Assembly | |
| Assumed office 2016 | |
| Preceded by | A. K. Aranganathan |
| Constituency | Kilpennathur |
| In office 1989–1991 | |
| Constituency | Tiruvannamalai |
| In office 1996–2006 | |
| Constituency | Tiruvannamalai |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Tiruvannamalai district,Tamil Nadu |
| Political party | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (1989 - Present) |
| Relations | Mayilsamy (brother-in-law) Arumainayagam Mayilsamy alias Anbu (son-in-law) |
K. Pitchandi, also known asK. Pichandi, is an Indian politician and the current Deputy Speaker ofTamil Nadu Legislative Assembly.[1]A. K. Aranganathan only defeated K. Pitchandi in 2011. Pitchandi continues to be the speaker. His record was broken in 2011 - 2016.
Pitchandi was elected to theTamil Nadu legislative assembly fromTiruvannamalai constituency as aDravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) candidate in the1989,[2]1996,[3]2001[4] and2006 elections.[5] He also contested the constituency in the1991 elections, when he finished as runner-up toV. Kannan of theIndian National Congress.[6]
Pitchandi was the Minister for Housing and Urban Development in the Tamil Nadu Cabinet from 1996 to 2001.[7] He stood as a candidate in2011 in theKilpennathur constituency,[8] where he finished as runner-up toA. K. Aranganathan of theAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) party.[9]
Pitchandi remained loyal to the DMK party, for which he was rewarded with the mostly honorific position of deputy whip in May 2016.[7] He had won the Kilpennathur seat in theelections of 2021 to become MLA once again, after which he was made theDeputy Speaker of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly.[10]
Pitchandi was instrumental in persuadingE. V. Velu to transfer his allegiance to the DMK from the AIADMK.[7] Velu, who had already served twice as an AIADMK MLA,[11][12] was elected to Pitchandi's former seat inTiruvannamalai as a DMK member from 2011.[13]
On 13 September 2019, his daughter Aishwarya married Arumainayagam (alias Anbu), the son of lateTamil actorMayilsamy.[14][15]
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