K. T. Rajenthra Bhalaji

K. T. Rajenthra Balaji is an Indian and incumbent member of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly from the Sivakasi constituency. He represents the Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam party .[1] He is the present Tamil Nadu Minister for Milk and Dairy Development.[2]

Balaji was appointed Minister for Information and Special Programme Implementation by Jayalalithaa in a cabinet reshuffle of November 2011. He is a minister in the present government and is known for his bold comments against DMK party and opposition leader MK stalin.[3]

The minister Rajenthra Balaji initiated a new scheme in “Aavin – Tamilnadu Co-operative Milk Producers Federation Limited” that milk would be available to the public 24 hrs in Chennai City and the same has been implemented throughout Tamil Nadu. This scheme has been appreciated by the public in a great manner.[4]

Controversies

On September 25 2019, KT Rajenthra Balaji has fueled a controversy after calling Congress MP Manickam Tagore as an 'ungrateful dog' and asked people to beat him with slippers when he comes seeking vote in Nanguneri.[5]In another scathing remark he further called him a pig and asked people to shoot Manickam Tagore with rubber bullets if he ever went there.[6]

KT Rajenthra Bhalaji on May 13, 2019 created controversy when he said actor-politician Kamal Haasan's tongue should be chopped off for saying that Nathuram Godse was a Hindu extremist.[2] He also said Kamal Hassan's party Makkal Needhi Maiam should be banned and the Election Commission should take action. Makkal Needhi Maiam general secretary A Arunachalam said KT Rajendra Bhalaji should be removed from his post as he lacks political ethics and personal dignity.[7]

On 9th of March 2019, he claimed prime minister Narendra Modi as the father of his party AIADMK [8][9][10] on the demise of late J. Jayalalithaa who he and his party members called their mother.[11]

Sattur AIADMK MLA Rajavarman accused Rajendra Balaji of threatening to kill him for 6 months with mercenaries. He claimed that Balaji threatened of cutting and stabbing him. He said this during a meeting on October 18, 2020.[12]

References
  1. "List of MLAs from Tamil Nadu 2011" (PDF). Govt. of Tamil Nadu. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 March 2012.
  2. Staff, TNM. "TN Minister says Kamal Haasan's tongue should be cut for Hindu extremist comment". The news minute. Retrieved 18 October 2019.
  3. "Jayalalithaa sacks six Tamil Nadu ministers". NDTV. PTI. 4 November 2011. Retrieved 4 May 2017.
  4. "இனி 24 மணி நேரமும் சென்னையில் ஆவின் பால் கிடைக்கும்!". The Times of India - சமயம். 21 April 2018.
  5. ANI (25 September 2019). "Tamil Nadu: AIADMK minister stirs controversy, calls Congress MP 'ungrateful dog'". Business Standard India. Retrieved 18 October 2019.
  6. "Tamil Nadu: AIADMK minister stirs controversy, calls Congress MP 'ungrateful dog'". www.aninews.in. Retrieved 18 October 2019.
  7. May 14, Lokpria Vasudevan; May 15, 2019UPDATED; Ist, 2019 00:31. "MNM seeks removal of Tamil Nadu minister for 'cut Kamal Haasan's tongue' remark". India Today. Retrieved 18 October 2019.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  8. "'He is Our Daddy, India's Daddy': Tamil Nadu Minister Gives PM Modi Paternal Designation". News18. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
  9. "'Modi is our daddy, India's daddy'". The Hindu. Special Correspondent. 9 March 2019. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2 October 2019.CS1 maint: others (link)
  10. "Modi is our daddy, in absence of amma: AIADMK minister". The Week. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
  11. Narasimhan, T. E. (11 May 2015). "Extended 'Mothers' Day' for AIADMK cadre as 'Amma' Jayalalithaa walks free". Business Standard India. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
  12. https://tamil.oneindia.com/amphtml/news/virudhunagar/admk-mla-rajavarman-complains-about-minister-rajendrabalaji-400795.html


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