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| Office | Working President, Tamil Nadu Congress Committee |
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| Office | Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
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| Office | Member of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
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| Term start | 2 February 2019
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| Predecessor | T. R. V. S. Ramesh
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| Constituency | Cuddalore |
| Born | 1972-07-08 (age 54) |
| Born | Chennai
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| Nationality | Indian
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| Political party | Indian National Congress
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| Occupation | Doctor, Politician and Social worker
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M. K. Vishnu Prasad (8 July 1972)[1] is an Indian politician from Tamil Nadu, India.[2] He is the working president of Tamil Nadu Congress Committee of Indian National Congress party.[3] He was a former Tamil Nadu Youth Congress president for the year 2003.
Early life and education
Prasad is born in Chennai to M. Krishnasamy[4] and KV Chitra. He married V Sangeetha. He completed MBBS at Madras Medical College, Chennai, and is a practicing doctor.[1]
Career
MK Vishnu Prasad was the organizing secretary, and later president of the Tamil Nadu Youth Congress from 2003 to 2006. He was elected as a member to the 13th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly from Cheyyar Assembly constituency in Tiruvannamalai district of Tamil Nadu, from 2006-2011.[5]
During his period as a MLA of Cheyyar Constituency, he was instrumental in establishing the Cheyyar SIPCOT Industrial park, which now provides employment to over 30000 people.Template:Citation needed
He won the 2019 Indian general election from Arani (Lok Sabha constituency) representing Indian National Congress[6] and was elected to the 17th Lok Sabha. He won from the Cuddalore Lok Sabha constituency as an INC candidate in the 2024 Indian general election. He is the working president of the Tamil Nadu Congress Committee.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 M K Vishnu Prasad. The Indian Express. Retrieved 2024-12-30.
- ↑ M.K.Vishnu Prasad(Indian National Congress(INC)):Constituency- ARANI(TAMIL NADU) - Affidavit Information of Candidate. myneta.info. Retrieved 2019-04-29.
- ↑ Change in Tamilnadu Congress Leadership(2 February 2019).
- ↑ Sons & daughters rise on Tamil Nadu's political horizon. The Times of India(25 May 2019).
- ↑ Cheyyar assembly election results.
- ↑ Full list DMK led alliance candidates. Retrieved 29 April 2019.