A Raja

The 40-year-old Family Welfare Minister in the previous Vajpayee government, A Raja had come out successful from Perambalur constituency.

The 40-year-old DMK leader, a Family Welfare Minister in the Vajpayee government, has come out successful from Perambalur constituency. He holds degrees in BSc and ML.

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Raja made his electoral debut for the Lok Sabha polls in 1996 and defeated a Congress candidate. In 1998, he, however, lost to the AIADMK but came back strongly a year later in the 1999 polls, winning the seat with a good majority.

Raja has been active in Dravidian movement right from his school days and later became a member of the DMK and held various positions in the party at district level.