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.
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.
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In the 1991 assembly elections, he successfully contested from Tirumayam constituency and became a labour and housing minister in the Jayalalithaa cabinet.
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