From Panchayat leader to senior minister: The political journey of KA Sengottaiyan

CHENNAI: From his aboriginal years arsenic a person of the Kullapalayam Panchayat successful Coimbatore successful the 1970s, KA Sengottaiyan has built a singular five-decade-long vocation successful Tamil Nadu politics.His emergence from a grassroots enactment idiosyncratic to a 10-time legislator reflects his enduring governmental power and longevity.Born successful 1948, K A Sengottaiyan began his governmental emergence astatine the property of 29. His dedicated grassroots enactment helped him triumph his archetypal Assembly predetermination from the Sathyamangalam constituency successful 1977, the aforesaid twelvemonth the AIADMK came to powerfulness nether its iconic laminitis M G Ramachandran, popularly known arsenic MGR.

Following MGR’s death, Sengottaiyan became a loyal protagonist of J Jayalalithaa. During assorted AIADMK governments, helium handled respective important portfolios, including the Revenue Department.Sengottaiyan continued to wield important power during the medication of Edappadi K Palaniswami, serving arsenic the schoolhouse acquisition minister. During his tenure, helium was credited with introducing respective ambitious reforms successful the acquisition sector.

He was expelled from the AIADMK successful November 2025 pursuing a bid of nationalist disagreements with Palaniswami. Soon after, helium joined the Vijay-led TVK, wherever his immense governmental acquisition became a cardinal plus to the party.In the April 23 Assembly elections, Sengottaiyan defeated DMK campaigner N Nallasivam by a borderline of 16,620 votes, securing 82,612 votes.(With bureau inputs)