La Ganesan

La. Ganesan (born 16 February 1945) is an Indian politician and senior leader of Bharatiya Janata Party. He is at present the party's National Council Member[2] and has earlier served the party in various capacities.

La Ganesan
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
In office
6 October 2016 – 2 April 2018
Preceded byNajma Heptullah
Succeeded byKailash Soni, BJP
ConstituencyMadhya Pradesh [1]
Personal details
Born (1945-02-16) 16 February 1945
Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu
NationalityIndian
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
EducationS.S.L.C.
ProfessionPolitician

Before being appointed as the General Secretary of TN BJP unit, he was a Pracharak in RSS.[3] He then served as the National Secretary and then as the Vice President of BJP at the national level.[4] Later he was selected as the President of BJP's Tamil Nadu state unit.

He is a former Member of Parliament in RajyaSabha. He replaced the former union minister Najma Heptulla as an Member of parliament in Rajya sabha from Madhya Pradesh.

Controversy

Speech about Tamil Nadu

When people were protesting against extraction of Hydrocarbons in Neduvasal, Tamil Nadu la ganesan said that "there is nothing wrong in sacrificing Tamil Nadu for the welfare of India". [5]

Attack on Kirubanidhi

Kirubanidhi, the first Dalit president of the BJP in Tamil Nadu, along with Ila Ganesan went to Indore, Madhya Pradesh to participate in the BJP national council's meeting. After the meeting, Ila Ganesan started abusing Kirubanidhi verbally by calling his caste name. Even though Kribanidhi tried to pacify him he twisted kirubanidhi's arm. Later on an interview, Kirubanidhi said the fight was over the misuse of funds by Ila Ganesan that he had pointed out.[6]

References
  1. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bhopal/BJPs-iLa-Ganesan-elected-unopposed-to-Rajya-Sabha-from-Madhya-Pradesh/articleshow/54720909.cms
  2. "BJP-DMDK alliance possible: L Ganesan". The Economic Times. 9 July 2013. Retrieved 9 January 2014.
  3. "Munde lobbies for Mahajan's post, but RSS has other plans". The Indian Express. 13 May 2006. Retrieved 9 January 2014.
  4. "By elevating Ganesan, BJP hopes to strengthen State unit". The Indian Express. 1 February 2006. Retrieved 9 January 2014.
  5. https://nettv4u.com/latest-tamil-celebrity-news/nothing-wrong-in-sacrificing-tamilnadu-for-the-welfare-of-india-ila-ganesan
  6. Vignessh (13 March 2020). "Will BJP's Murugan experiment go the Kirubanidhi way?". The Federal. Retrieved 10 August 2020.


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