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'''V. Karuppasamy Pandian''' is an Indian politician and a former [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|Member of the Legislative Assembly]] in [[Tamil Nadu]]. He is currently one of the prominent leader of the [[anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]] (ADMK) party in [[Tirunelveli district]].<br />
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== Career ==<br />
Pandian was a supporter of AIADMK founder and former [[Chief Minister (India)|Chief Minister]], [[M. G. Ramachandran]]. Both Ramachandran and party general secretary [[Jayalalithaa]] appointed him to various party roles from 1972, culminating in him becoming deputy general secretary of the party in 1996.<ref name="hindu2016">{{cite news |work=The Hindu |title= Karuppasamy Pandian back in AIADMK fold |date=27 July 2016 |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/Karuppasamy-Pandian-back-in-AIADMK-fold/article14510861.ece |accessdate=2017-05-06}}</ref><br />
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Pandian was elected to the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly as an AIADMK candidate from [[Alangulam (State Assembly Constituency)|Alangulam constituency]] in the [[1977 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|1977 elections]].<ref>[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1977/StatisticalReportTamil%20Nadu77.pdf 1977 Tamil Nadu Election Results, Election Commission of India]</ref> He was re-elected, this time from the [[Palayamkottai (State Assembly Constituency)|Palayamkottai constituency]], in the [[1980 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|1980 elections]].<ref>[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1980/StatisticalReportTamil%20Nadu%201980.pdf 1980 Tamil Nadu Election Results, Election Commission of India]</ref><br />
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In 2000, Pandian was expelled from the AIADMK by Jayalalithaa.{{why?|date=May 2017}} He joined the rival [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]] (DMK) on 2 May 2000, was given various posts by that party and had hopes of obtaining a state-level post within it.<ref name="hindu2016"/> In the [[2006 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|2006 elections]], he was successful in contesting as a DMK candidate in the [[Tenkasi (State Assembly Constituency)|Tenkasi constituency]].<ref>[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2006/StatReport_TN_2006.pdf 2006 Tamil Nadu Election Results, Election Commission of India]</ref><br />
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After being suspended from the DMK in May 2015 after allegedly attempting to have his son appointed to an official post within the party, Pandian remained silent for a while before being readmitted to the AIADMK on 26 July 2016 by Jayalalithaa. He had frequently severely criticised Jayalalithaa during his DMK member but after his expulsion had heaped praised upon her.<ref name="hindu2016"/> After her death in December 2016, [[V. K. Sasikala]] appointed him as one of the organising secretaries of the party. He resigned the post in February 2017 in protest against Sasikala's appointment of [[T. T. V. Dhinakaran]] as party deputy general secretary. He said, "I cannot digest the appointment of a person, who was removed from the party by Jayalalithaa in 2011 after branding him as 'traitor', as the deputy general secretary."<ref>{{cite news |work=The Hindu |title= Karuppasamy Pandian resigns as AIADMK organising secretary |first=P. |last=Sudhakar |date=15 February 2017 |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/Karuppasamy-Pandian-resigns-as-AIADMK-organising-secretary/article17307279.ece |accessdate=2017-05-06}}</ref><br />
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