A former AIADMK minister, 54-year-old Regupathy was elected to the Lok Sabha for the first time now from Puducottai. He joined the DMK in 2000.
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A law graduate, he practised as a lawyer in Puducottai district court from 1974 to 1991. He entered politics in 1973 and has served as district secretary of the Puducottai district of the AIADMK.
In the 1991 assembly elections, he successfully contested from Tirumayam constituency and became a labour and housing minister in the Jayalalithaa cabinet.