C. P. Radhakrishnan

C. P. Radhakrishnan (born 1957) is an Indian politician. He is from the Bharatiya Janata Party and was elected to the Lok Sabha twice from Coimbatore. He is also the former state president of the party for Tamil Nadu.[2] Presently he is the National Executive Member of the Bharatiya Janata Party & was appointed the Kerala BJP Prabhari (In Charge) by the party high command. He was the Chairman of Coir Board from 2016-19 , [3] which comes under Ministry of MSME. During his tenure as the All India Coir Board Chairman he did a lot revolutionary things for the Coir Industry which has never been done before in its history. One of his major achievements as Chairman of the board was to nearly triple the exports of Coir products from India to over a record 2,800 crores during his tenure which has never been achieved before.

C.P. Radha krishnan
Chairman, Coir Board of India, Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (India) [1]
Assumed office
November, 2014
Prime MinisterNarendra Modi
Member of Indian Parliament
In office
1998–2004
Prime MinisterAtal Bihari Vajpayee
Preceded byM. Ramanathan
Succeeded byK. Subbarayan
ConstituencyCoimbatore
Personal details
Born20th October , 1957
Tiruppur, Tamil Nadu, India
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
Spouse(s)Smt. R. Sumathi
ResidenceTiruppur
Alma materV.O.C College, Tuticorin
OccupationAgriculturist

He was a two-time member of the Lok Sabha.[4] He won on a BJP ticket in the 1998 and 1999 general elections in the aftermath of the 1998 Coimbatore bombings.[5]

He won by a margin of over 150,000 votes in 1998 which was reduced to a margin of 55,000 in the 1999 elections.[6]

In 1999, he stated that voters in Coimbatore did not need convincing to vote for the BJP.[7]

In 2004, he stated that the BJP did not 'stab any party in the back' or cause any rift in ties with other parties.[8] He was one of the state leaders who worked on forming alliances in 2004, after the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam snapped ties with the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance.[9] He later worked with the state unit to forge ties with the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam for the 2004 elections.[10]

In 2012, he courted arrest in Mettupalayam for protesting against action not being taken against culprits who assaulted a Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh activist.[11]

He is one of the Senior most and respected leaders of the BJP from the south and Tamil Nadu and has been associated with the organisation right from RSS and Jan Sangh from the age of 16 from 1973 for 48 years. In 2014, he was named the BJP candidate for Coimbatore Lok Sabha Constituency and without the alliance of the two big parties of Tamilnadu , the DMK and the AIADMK he secured second place with over 3,89,000 votes the highest among the Tamilnadu BJP candidates and lost by the least margin among all the candidates in the entire Tamilnadu. He was named the party's candidate once again for the 2019 election from Coimbatore.[12]

Electoral Performances
Year Election Party PC Name Result Votes gained Vote share%
1998 12th Lok Sabha Bharatiya Janata Party  Coimbatore Winner 4,49,269
1999 13th Lok Sabha Bharatiya Janata Party  Coimbatore Winner 4,30,068
2004 14th Lok Sabha Bharatiya Janata Party  Coimbatore Runner 3,40,476
2014 16th Lok Sabha Bharatiya Janata Party  Coimbatore Runner 3,89,701 33.12
2019 17th Lok Sabha Bharatiya Janata Party  Coimbatore Runner 3,92,007 31.34

References
  1. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/coimbatore/railways-may-use-coir-wood-to-make-train-seats-and-berths/articleshow/55991827.cms
  2. "BJP: give scholarship to Hindu students". The Hindu. Nagercoil. 29 July 2013. Retrieved 28 December 2013.
  3. "Coirboard | :: COIR IS GREEN BUSINESS ::". coirboard.gov.in. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
  4. "Verdict not a surprise, says Radhakrishnan". The Hindu. Coimbatore. 25 October 2007. Retrieved 29 December 2013.
  5. KV, Prasad (5 May 2006). "BJP will have to start from scratch". The Hindu. Coimbatore. Retrieved 28 December 2013.
  6. "Key Contests : CP Radhakrishnan vs K Subbarayan". Business Standard. Coimbatore. 1 May 2004. Retrieved 8 January 2014.
  7. "It's the party that sells, not candidates!". Coimbatore. September 1999. Retrieved 8 January 2014.
  8. "It's for DMK to explain,says C.P. Radhakrishnan". The Hindu. Chennai. 13 May 2003. Retrieved 8 January 2014.
  9. "Vajpayee invites BJP leaders to Delhi for talks". The Hindu. Chennai. 14 September 2003. Retrieved 8 January 2014.
  10. "TN BJP invites AIADMK to return to NDA". Deccan Herald. Chennai. 3 January 2004. Archived from the original on 8 January 2014. Retrieved 8 January 2014.
  11. "Normality returns to Mettupalayam". The Hindu. Udhagamandalam. 9 November 2012. Retrieved 8 January 2014.
  12. Madhavan, Karthik (22 March 2019). "Familiar faces to fight it out in Coimbatore". The Hindu. Retrieved 24 March 2019.

13.://www.timesnownews.com/amp/india/article/bjp-reshuffles-state-office-bearers-radha-mohan-singh-in-charge-of-up-baijayant-panda-of-delhi-and-assam/681807 .

Preceded by
M. Ramanathan		 12th Lok Sabha
1998–1999		 Succeeded by
Incumbent
Preceded by
Incumbent		 13th Lok Sabha
1999–2004		 Succeeded by
K. Subbarayan


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