Kanakilliyanallur Narayansamy Nehru (born November 9, 1952) is an Indian politician and Minister for Municipal Administration, Urban and Water Supply. He is the

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(MLA) of the Tiruchirappalli West constituency. He is a former Minister for Transport in the

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. He has been elected to the

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on five occasions as a candidate of the

Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (; DMK) is a political party based in the state of Tamil Nadu where it is currently the ruling party having a comfortable majority without coalition support and the union territory of Puducherry where it is curre ...

(DMK) party. He is presently elevated as Principal Secretary of DMK.

Personal life

K. N. Nehru was born in Kanakilliyanallur on November 9, 1952. He completed his school education and now lives in

Trichy Tiruchirappalli () ( formerly Trichinopoly in English), also called Tiruchi or Trichy, is a major tier II city in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and the administrative headquarters of Tiruchirappalli district. The city is credited with bein ...

. His son K.N Arun Nehru is also actively working in Trichy DMK. Nehru has three brothers and one sister.

Politics

Nehru's father is an

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member that is why he named his son as Nehru. Later in the early 1970s his family moved to

.Started his political career as pullambadi union chairman. In

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under his leadership

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won all the 9 seats in

Tiruchirappalli Tiruchirappalli () ( formerly Trichinopoly in English), also called Tiruchi or Trichy, is a major tier II city in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and the administrative headquarters of Tiruchirappalli district. The city is credited with bein ...

district. Nehru successfully organized many high level party meetings were more than lakhs of DMK cadres come to participate, So the DMK party leader and tamilnadu chief Minister

M. K. Stalin Muthuvel Karunanidhi Stalin ( , born 1 March 1953), often referred to by his initials MKS, is an Indian Tamil politician serving as the 8th and current Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu. The son of the former Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi, Stalin ...

always praises Nehru as "''Maanadu endraal Nehru, Nehru endraal Maanadu''". Nehru has been elected to the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly on four occasions, twice from Lalgudi constituency, in the elections of

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and

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and thrice from

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and

Tiruchirappalli West constituency.

Minister for Transport

Nehru was the Minister for Transport in the DMK government from 2006 to 2011. During this period, the bus fleet was modernised and improvements were made to the frequency of buses, passenger amenities and connections to the new suburban areas of

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. More than 10,000 new buses were introduced across the state.

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was given an important thrust and drivers were educated on importance of managing fuel.

Charges

Cases have been filed on Nehru by the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam government but the courts have dismissed them as being vague. The

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struck down the controversial land-grabbing cells which were primarily used to torment common people and opposition figures. The court had clearly remarked chance of misuse by officials and ruling government citing broad language used in the act.

Elections Contested and Results

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Nehru, K. N. Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam politicians State cabinet ministers of Tamil Nadu Living people 1952 births People from Tiruchirappalli district Tamil Nadu MLAs 1996–2001 Tamil Nadu MLAs 2006–2011 Tamil Nadu MLAs 2016–2021 Tamil Nadu MLAs 2021–2026