T. P. M. Mohideen Khan (born in

Tirunelveli Tirunelveli (, ta, திருநெல்வேலி, translit=Tirunelveli) also known as Nellai ( ta, நெல்லை, translit=Nellai) and historically (during British rule) as Tinnevelly, is a major city in the Indian state of Tami ...

on 19 July 1947) is the former minister for environment in the

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state of

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. He was the member of

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, representing the

Palayamkottai Palayamkottai (also Palayankottai) is a neighbourhood in Tirunelveli City, incorporated within the Tirunelveli City Municipal Corporation. It is situated on the east bank of the Thamirabarani river, with the exception of its downtown area, whi ...

state assembly constituency, and was elected four times in the same constituency, sitting from 2001 to 2021. His political party is 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 ...

party.

Career

Khan begin his career as a businessman. He was very much inspired by Dravidian movement run by C. N. Annadurai and

M. Karunanidhi Muthuvel Karunanidhi (3 June 1924 – 7 August 2018) was an Indian writer and politician who served as Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu for almost two decades over five terms between 1969 and 2011. He was popularly referred to as Kalaignar (Art ...

, founder and leader of

, which was conducted all over Tamil Nadu to oppose Hindi as an official language there. He join Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam as volunteer and was involved in many train and bus strike in those days. When Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam came to power, Khan was given many positions and, in 2001, he was the Palayamkottai candidate. He was elected to the Tamil Nadu legislative assembly and still holds the position. In 2006, Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam won the election and he was made minister for environment.

Skills

While minister, communicating with the finance minister, he implemented the computerisation of the vTamil Nadu Pollution Control Board within one month. The system speeded up the process of issuing permissions to investors and benefits the entire state.

Controversy

In 2010, he left a police officer who was attacked by gangsters to die on the road without providing immediate help even though he had aconvoy of cars with him. Along with the minister for health, M. R. K. Panneerselvam, he did not get out of their car for 20 minutes and stood there as a mere witness to this incident.

References

External links

* http://www.assembly.tn.gov.in/archive/13thassembly/disp_ind.asp?prof_id=269 * http://www.topnews.in/people/mohideen-khan {{DEFAULTSORT:Khan, T. P. M. Mohideen Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam politicians Tamil Nadu ministers Indian Muslims Living people 1947 births Tamil Nadu MLAs 2006–2011 Tamil Nadu MLAs 2011–2016 Tamil Nadu MLAs 2016–2021