N. Rangaswamy

N Rangasamy (born 4 August 1950) is an Indian politician who was the Chief Minister of the Union Territory of Puducherry. He was elected from Thattanchavady assembly constituency. He holds the record of becoming chief minister with in three months after creating his own party. He is only person in Puducherry to become chief minister of Puducherry by starting a new party on his own. He is known for his simplecity and kindness so he is called as living Junior Kamaraj.[1]

N. Rangasamy
N. Rangasamy in March 2015
Leader of Opposition of the Puducherry Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office 16 May 2016
Lieutenant Governor	Kiran Bedi
Preceded by	V. Vaithilingam
9th Chief Minister of Puducherry
In office 16 May 2011 – 6 June 2016
Preceded by	V. Vaithilingam
Succeeded by	V. Narayanasamy
Constituency	Indira Nagar
In office 27 October 2001 – 4 September 2008
Preceded by	P Shanmugam
Succeeded by	V. Vaithilingam
Constituency	Thattanchavady
Personal details
Born	4 August 1950 Pondichéry, French India (now Puducherry, India)
Political party	All India NR Congress (2011—present)
Other political affiliations	Indian National Congress (1990—2011)
Residence	No 9, Vinayagar Koil Street, Thilaspet, Puducherry – 605 009.

Early life

Rangasamy was born on 4 August 1950 in Puducherry to Nadesan Krishnasamy and Panchali in a Tamil family. He got his Bachelor of Commerce degree from Tagore Arts College and LL.B from Dr. Ambedkar Government Law College, Puducherry.[2]

Prior to entering politics (before 1990), he served as Assistant to the Minister of Puducherry V Pethaperumal.

His first election was the contest at Thattanchavady constituency in 1990, he lost against V. Pethaperumal JD got 9,503 votes and N. Rangasamy got 8,521 votes. He won the 1991 assembly election with an overwhelming majority and was appointed as Minister for Agriculture and Co-operation. He was again elected from the same constituency in 1996. During 2000, he had adorned the office of the Minister for Tourism, Education, Public Works, Civil Aviation and Art & Culture. In the 2001 Assembly Election, he won from the Thattanchavady constituency and assumed office as Minister for Public Works, Agriculture and Forest. In the same year, he assumed office of the Chief Minister of Puducherry on 27 October.

Political career

• 1991 – Thattanchavadi – Agriculture Minister
• 1996 – Thattanchavadi – Co operative minister
• 2000 – Thattanchavadi – Education Minister
• 2001 – Thattanchavadi – Chief minister
• 2006 – Thattanchavadi – Chief minister
• 2011 – Indira Nagar – Chief minister
• 2016 – Indira Nagar – Leader of the Opposition

During his first tenure as Chief Minister, various path breaking schemes for socio-economic development were implemented like ‘Perunthalaivar Kamarajar’ Housing Scheme for making the Union Territory of Puducherry a "Hut-free Zone", distribution of free text books, note books, rain coats, cycles, umbrella, ‘Shri Rajiv Gandhi Breakfast Scheme’ under which hot milk and biscuits are provided to students of Govt and Govt-aided schools apart from mid-day meal scheme, free LPG connection with free stove and cylinder to BPL families, 50% concession on stamp duty for immovable property registered in the name of Women and full reimbursement of tuition fees for students selected through CENTAC for pursuing Medicine and Engineering courses.[3]

Chief Minister of Puducherry

In Puducherry he was always called as People chief minister (makkal mudhalvar) Due to Noteworthy achievements in education include free education through good government schools, old age pension scheme ,free reimbursements for professional and non-professional college students.He laid the foundation for the first government medical college at Kathirkamam. His welfare schemes include distribution of Wheat through PDS for the poor Diabetics who have crossed the age of 60, a Mid-day Meal Scheme and Breakfast schemes for the poor school children and reimbursing the school and college tuition fees to students.[3] Rangaswamy resigned as Chief Minister on 28 August 2008; Indian National Congress had asked him to resign due to internal politics. After resigning from Indian National Congress, he started a new political party called All India NR Congress on 7 February 2011. Within three months, in the 2011 Legislative Assembly Elections, his party won 15 seats out of 17 seats and his alliance All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam got 5 out of 10 seats.

Elections Contested and Results

Year	Constituency	Result	vote	opponent	vote	margin
1990	Thattanchavady	Lost	8521	V. Pethaperumal	9503	982
1991	Thattanchavady	Won	12545	V. Pethaperumal	5285	7260
1996	Thattanchavady	Won	9989	V. Pethaperumal	7699	2290
2001	Thattanchavady	Won	14323	V. Pethaperumal	8769	5554
2006	Thattanchavady	Won	27024	T. Gunasekaran	2026	24998
2011	Kadirgamam	Won	16323	V. Pethaperumal	6566	9757
2011	Indira Nagar	Won	20685	V. Aroumougam A.K.D	4008	16677
2016	Indira Nagar	Won	15463	V. Aroumougam A.K.D.	12059	3404

References

1. "N Rangasamy: Meet the 'Junior Kamaraj' of Puducherry – Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 12 November 2016.
2. "N Rangasamy". www.oneindia.com. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
3. "Rangasamy's clean image helped him humble Congress in Puducherry". Retrieved 14 November 2016.

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