Udumalai K. Radhakrishnan

Udumalai K. Radhakrishnan is an Indian politician and a member of the 15th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly. He was elected from the Udumalpet constituency as a candidate of the AIADMK party. He served as the Chairman of Tamil Nadu Arasu Cable TV Corporation Limited from 2011 to 2016. Again he was appointed the Chairman of Tamil Nadu Arasu Cable TV Corporation Limited in July 2019.^[1]

Udumalai K. Radhakrishnan
Minister for Animal Husbandry
In office August 2017 – May 2021
Preceded by	P. Balakrishna Reddy
Minister for Housing and Urban Development
In office May 2016 – August 2017
Preceded by	R. Vaithilingam
Succeeded by	O. Panneerselvam
Member of the Legislative Assembly from Udumalaipettai
Incumbent
Assumed office May 2016
Preceded by	V. Jayaraman
Chairman of Tamil Nadu Arasu Cable TV Corporation Limited
In office July 2011 – May 2016
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	M. Manikandan (politician)
In office July 2019 – July 2021
Preceded by	M. Manikandan (politician)
Personal details
Born	K Radhakrishnan (1965-12-16) 16 December 1965 (age 58) Pollachi, Tamil Nadu
Nationality	Indian
Political party	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Education	B.Com.
Alma mater	Nallamuthu Gounder Mahalingam College
Website	Udumalai K. Radhakrishnan

Jayalalithaa appointed Radhakrishnan as Minister for Housing and Urban Development in May 2016. This was his first cabinet post.^[2]

In April 2017, Radhakrishnan was one of three AIADMK ministers against whom police filed a First Information Report after allegations of obstructing officials who were conducting raids related to income tax. He and R. Kamaraj were alleged to have done so at the house of the Minister for Health, C. Vijayabhaskar.^[3]

Personal life

Radhakrishnan was born on 16 December 1965 at Pollachi, Coimbatore district, Madras State (present-day Tamil Nadu). After completing school, he completed B.Com from Nallamuthu Gounder Mahalingam College. He is married to Krishna Brindha Radhakrishnan and has one daughter and one son. He is a cable TV operator and agriculturist by occupation.

Elections contested

Tamil Nadu Legislative elections

Elections	Constituency	Party	Result	Vote percentage	Opposition Candidate	Opposition Party	Opposition vote percentage
2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election	Udumalpet	AIADMK	Won	44.73	Muthu K	DMK	41.62 [4]
2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election	Udumalpet	AIADMK	Won	49.85	Thennarasu K	INC	38.59

References

1. "Government puts minister at helm to salvage Arasu Cable". The Times of India. 24 July 2019. Retrieved 11 September 2019.
2. "Jayalalithaa and her 28-member Cabinet to be sworn in on May 23". The Hindu. 21 May 2016. Retrieved 4 May 2017.
3. Madhav, Pramod (14 April 2017). "FIRs against 3 AIADMK ministers for obstructing I-T raids". Retrieved 4 May 2017.
4. "IndiaVotes AC: Udumalaipettai 2016". IndiaVotes. 19 May 2016. Retrieved 13 September 2019.