Ex-minister Selvaraj, 75, passes away

Former minister N Selvaraj passed away after a brief illness in Tiruchy around 6.15 pm on Tuesday. Selvaraj, who was not active in politics for the last one year, is survived by his wife Krishnammal, two sons and two daughters.

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Published:27th Mar, 2019 at 2:06 AM

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Selvaraj (75) served as the Combined Tiruchy district secretary from 1987 to 1993. He was elected as the Tiruchy MP between 1980 and 1984 before he aligned with Vaiko when the latter split from DMK and formed MDMK.

He returned to DMK in 2006 and contested and won from Musiri assembly segment before he became the minister for forest in the DMK government between 2006 and 2011.

Selvaraj had joined AIADMK in the presence of late Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa when the DMK denied him a ticket to contest the elections. However, DMK president MK Stalin who was in Tiruchy last week, had visited the ailing Selvaraj at the hospital.

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Ex-minister Selvaraj, 75, passes away

Former minister N Selvaraj passed away after a brief illness in Tiruchy around 6.15 pm on Tuesday. Selvaraj, who was not active in politics for the last one year, is survived by his wife Krishnammal, two sons and two daughters.

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