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| Office | General Secretary of the Communist Party of India
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| Office | Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
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| Predecessor | Suravaram Sudhakar Reddy
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| Born | 1949-06-03 (age 77) |
| Born | Chithathoor, Vellore District, Madras State, Dominion of India (present day Tamil Nadu, India)
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| Nationality | Indian
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| Political party | Communist Party of India |
| Spouse | Annie Raja |
| Children | Aparajitha Raja (daughter) |
| Alma mater | Template:Unbulleted list
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Doraisamy Raja (born June 3, 1949) is an Indian politician and the General Secretary of the Communist Party of India (CPI) from July 2019. He was former member of Rajya Sabha from Tamil Nadu.[1][2] He was the national secretary of the Communist Party of India (CPI) from 1994 to 2019.[1][3][4]
Early life and education
Raja was born in Chithathoor, in the Vellore district of Tamil Nadu, to a Dalit family.[1][5] His father, P. Doraisamy, and mother, Nayagam, were landless agricultural workers.[1]
He completed a B.Sc. from G.T.M. College in Gudiyattam, and a B.Ed. from Government Teachers College in Vellore. He was the first graduate in his village. While in college, he became active in student politics.[1][6]
Political career
During college, he joined the All India Students Federation and became active in student politics. He later became the leader of the All India Youth Federation and was the State Secretary of the Tamil Nadu unit from 1975 to 1980, and was then elected general secretary from 1985 to 1990. He became the national secretary of the Communist Party of India (CPI) in 1994 and served until 2019. On 21 July 2019, the National Council of the CPI elected him as the general secretary of the party.[7]
Raja was first elected to Rajya Sabha in July 2007 from Tamil Nadu and was re-elected in 2013.[1]
Personal life
Raja met his wife, Annie Raja, while they were both in the All India Youth Federation, and they married on 7 January 1990 in a simple wedding. She is now the general secretary of the National Federation of Indian Women, the women wing of the CPI, and they have a daughter together named Aparajitha Raja.[8] Aparajitha Raja was herself an activist during her student days.[9]
During April 2021, Raja was diagnosed with COVID-19 while campaigning for election and had to be admitted to AIIMS.[10]
Bibliography
- Dalit Question: The Way Forward (New Delhi, CPI Publication, 2007)
- Marx and Ambedkar: Continuing the Dialogue by D. Raja, N. Muthumohan (New Century Book House, 2018)
- D. Raja in the Parliament by Rajeev Suman (The Marginalised Publication, 2021)[11]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Detailed Profile: Shri D. Raja. National Portal of India.
- ↑ D. Raja. prsindia.org.
- ↑ Tamil Nadu News : Doraisamy Raja, CPI candidate for RS polls(2007-05-24).
- ↑ CPI re-nominates D. Raja for Rajya Sabha. The Hindu(16 June 2013).
- ↑ D. Raja: Age, Biography, Education. One India.
- ↑ 'I never fasted but I starved,' CPI leader D Raja on growing up in poverty. Hindustan Times(16 December 2018).
- ↑ D. Raja takes over as CPI general secretary. The Hindu(21 July 2019).
- ↑ King and queen of hearts. The Week(22 December 2018).
- ↑ Aparajitha Raja is in the eye of a 'patriotic' storm. Business Standard India(2016-02-27). Retrieved 2021-06-18.
- ↑ D. Raja admitted to AIIMS. The Hindu(2021-04-12). Retrieved 2021-04-11.
- ↑ CPI's D. Raja recalls humble beginnings at book release. The Hindu(11 September 2021).
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External links
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