Former Tamil Nadu Congress President EVKS Elangovan Passes Away At 75 | India Information
Senior Congress chief and former Tamil Nadu Congress Committee (TNCC) President EVKS Elangovan handed away on Saturday at a personal hospital in Chennai. He was 75. Elangovan represented the Erode East constituency within the Tamil Nadu Meeting, had been unwell for over a month and was hospitalized on November 11 because of lung-related issues. Regardless of intensive remedy for greater than two weeks, he succumbed to his sickness at 10:12 am.
The hospital, in a press release, confirmed his demise, noting that “regardless of the perfect efforts of the medical workers,” Elangovan couldn’t be saved. TNCC President Okay Selvaperunthagai described his passing as “an enormous loss” to the Congress occasion in Tamil Nadu.
Political Profession
Elangovan, grandnephew of famend social reformer E.V. Ramasamy (Periyar) and son of DMK founder E.V.Okay. Sampath, started his political journey within the Nineteen Eighties when he joined the Congress. He was elected as an MLA from Gobichettipalayam in 1984 and later as a Member of Parliament in 2004.
Recognized for his sharp wit and incisive political commentary, Elangovan was a formidable determine in Tamil Nadu politics. As TNCC President, he led the Congress by way of turbulent occasions, guaranteeing the occasion remained related regardless of challenges from the DMK and AIADMK. His tenure noticed him revive the Congress-DMK alliance in 2016 after a break up in 2013.
A talented negotiator, he ensured that the Congress secured 48 seats in the course of the 2016 Tamil Nadu Meeting elections. Though the occasion carried out poorly, Elangovan resigned voluntarily.
He was additionally instrumental in facilitating the return of senior Congress chief P. Chidambaram to the occasion in 2004 by merging Chidambaram’s Congress Jananayaga Peravai into the Indian Nationwide Congress.
