T. K. M. Chinnayya is an Indian politician and was a member of the 14th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly from Tambaram constituency. He represented the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam party and was a cabinet minister in the Government of Tamil Nadu. Chinnayya was Minister for Environment until November 2011 when a cabinet reshuffle by Jayalalithaa saw him replace

N. R. Sivapathi N. R. Sivapathi is an Indian politician and incumbent member of the Tamil Nadu legislative assembly from Musiri constituency. Sivapathi was sacked as Minister for Animal Husbandry in November 2011 as part of the third cabinet reshuffle in a fiv ...

as Minister for Animal Husbandry. The elections of 2016 resulted in his constituency being won by S. R. Raja. Chinnayya was one of thirteen AIADMK MLAs in the Greater Chennai area who were deselected by the party, apparently in an attempt to thwart a potential anti-incumbency backlash from the electorate following the recent flooding. It was felt that fresh faces would put some distance between the past and the present.

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Tamil Nadu MLAs 2011–2016 All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam politicians Living people State cabinet ministers of Tamil Nadu Year of birth missing (living people) {{AIADMK-politician-stub