Dindigul C. Sreenivasan (born 1 April 1948) is an Indian politician and former four term Member of Parliament of India elected from

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. He is currently serving as Member Of Legislative Assembly for Dindigul Constituency since 2016. He is one of senior most member of the party

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.He served as

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for Tamil Nadu from 2016 to 2021. He is the

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of the

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(AIADMK) From 11 July 2022. He was elected to the

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from Dindigul constituency as an AIADMK candidate in the Indian general elections of 1989,

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, 1998 and 1999 in Tamil Nadu. Elected in Legislative Assembly Election 2016 and 2021 in

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assembly Constituency for consecutive 2 terms, he belongs to Piramalai Kallar Community.

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appointed Sreenivasan as Minister for Forests in May 2016. This was his first cabinet post in the

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. On 11 July 2022, C. Sreenivasan was made

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Living people 1948 births All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam politicians Lok Sabha members from Tamil Nadu State cabinet ministers of Tamil Nadu People from Madurai district People from Dindigul district Tamil Nadu MLAs 2021–2026 Tamil Nadu MLAs 2016–2021 Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam politicians {{DMK-politician-stub