Puducherry Assembly Elections 2016: Know your leader Profile- N Rangasamy
N Rangasamy is Chief Minister of the Union Territory of Puducherry. He has been elected from Thattanchavady assembly constituency.
Let us look at the brief profile of N Rangasamy, the two time Chief Minister of Puducherry.
Date and place of birth: N Rangasamy was born on the 4th of August 1950 in Puducherry.
Family history: He was born to Nadesan Krishnasamy and Panchali. He got his BCom degree in Tagore Arts College and BL in Dr. Ambedkar Law College, Puducherry.
Political career: N Rangasamy contested the first election at Thattanchavady constituency in 1990. He won the 1991 assembly election with a huge margin of votes and was appointed as Minister of Agriculture and Co-operation.
He
again
won
the
election
from
the
same
constituency
in
1996.
He
was
made
the
Minister
of
Tourism,
Education,
Public
Works,
Civil
Aviation
and
Art
and
Culture
during
the
year
2000.
During
the
2001
Assembly
Election
he
again
won
from
Thattanchavady
constituency
and
worked
as
Minister
for
Public
Works,
Agriculture
and
Forest.
In
the
year
2001
itself
he
became
the
Chief
Minister
of
Puducherry
on
the
27th
October.
Performance as Puducherry Chief Minister: During his first tenure as Chief Minister N Rangasamy gave Puducherry various path breaking schemes for socio-economic development like:
-
'Perunthalaivar
Kamarajar' Housing
Scheme
for
making
the
UT
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
Government
and
Government
aided
schools
apart
from
mid-day
meal
scheme
(this
is
the
welfare
scheme
which
made
him
exceedingly
popular
among
masses),
-
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.
He is considered instrumental in developing infrastructure for Puducherry that is at par with metro cities. His welfare scheme for distribution of wheat through public distribution system for poor diabetics who are above 60 years of age has earned him lot of support from the citizens.
Resigned
from
Congress:
While
holding
the
post
of
Chief
Minister
coming
belonging
to
Congress
Party,
N
Rangasamy
resigned
on
the
28th
August
2008.
Congress
had
asked
him
to
resign
due
to
internal
politics.
Form new party and win election: N Rangasamy after resigning from Congress floated a new political party named All India NR Congress (AINRC) on the 7th of February 2011 and within 3 months contested Legislative Assembly Elections and formed the government in the union territory.
On April 21st 2015 MLA M V Ramachandra quit AINRC along with 20 lawyers leaving the party with just 14 members. However, AINRC survived the scare as INC MLA Malladi Krishna Rao joined AINRC, Ramachandra quit AINRC alleging that his efforts were not recognised and that Rangasamy had failed to fulfil the aspirations of the people of Peravai. Ramachandra was also unhappy with Rao's closeness to Rangasamy.
Association
with
National
Democratic
Alliance
(NDA):
Currently
N
Rangasamy's
party
AINRC
is
part
of
NDA.
Simplicity,
Fairness
and
Transparency
is
the
official
motto
of
AINRC.
AINRC
fielded
former
Puducherry
Assembly
Speaker,
R
Radhakrishnan
for
the
only
Lok
Sabha
seat
from
the
UT.
R
Radhakrishnan
won
the
seat.
Mr. Honest image of N Rangasamy: Mr. Rangasamy has always maintained the image of an honest politician all through his career. He is the only CM in India who moves around without any security cove. He still rides his motorcycle in his constituency and goes to meet his constituents. It is said that any person irrespective of caste, creed and religion can come and meet him at his house during the mornings.
He is credited with ensuring that Puducherry was voted as the first choice to live in India among all states and UTs. The UT scored first rank when evaluated for literacy, women empowerment, infrastructure, roads, water, etc.