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Ramaswamy Nadar
Spouse Profession
NIL
Current Representative — NAGERCOIL
Gandhi M.R.
BJP · Won in 2021
Total Assets
₹61.22 L
Movable Assets
₹5.00 L
Immovable Assets
₹56.22 L
Liabilities
₹0
Affidavit declares 24 criminal cases including serious charges like promoting enmity between groups (§196), rioting (§147, §191), assault on public servants (§132), and spreading infection dangerously (§270). While web search doesn't reveal additional undisclosed cases, the sheer number and nature of charges—particularly those related to communal harmony and public order—merit voter attention. Many charges relate to unlawful assembly, public nuisance, and defiance of official orders.
24
Total Cases
Charges
Joining or continuing in an unlawful assembly, knowing that it has been commanded to disperse.)
Assault or use of criminal force to deter public servant from discharge of his duty.
Promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion, race, place of birth, residence, language, etc., and doing acts prejudicial to maintenance of harmony
Punishment for Rioting)
Punishment for Being member of an unlawful assembly
Punishment for public nuisance in cases not otherwise provided for
Punishment for wrongful restraint
Negligent act likely to spread infection of disease dangerous to life
Malignant act likely to spread infection of disease dangerous to life
Disobedience to order duly promulgated by public servant
Danger or obstruction in public way or line of navigation
Negligent conduct with respect to fire or combustible matter
Punishment for Rioting
Continuance of nuisance after injunction to discontinue
Wrongfully restraining any person.)
Being member of an unlawful assembly.)
Committing public nuisance in cases not otherwise provided for.
Causing danger or obstruction in public way or line of navigation.
If such disobedience causes obstruction, annoyance or injury to persons lawfully employed.)
Financial Year: 2024 - 2025
Political History
1967 - Served as Kanyakumari district president of Jana Sangh
1975 - Appointed Tamil Nadu state secretary of Jana Sangh; jailed during The Emergency
1984 - Unsuccessfully contested from Colachel constituency
2006 - Lost election from Nagercoil constituency
2016-2020 - Served as Vice President of BJP Tamil Nadu
2021 - Won Nagercoil Assembly seat with 48.21% vote share, defeating DMK's N. Suresh Rajan by 11,669 votes
May 12, 2021 - Sworn in as Member of Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Achievements
• Delivered BJP's first-ever MLA seat from Nagercoil constituency in 2021, marking significant breakthrough for party in southern Tamil Nadu
• Maintained five decades of continuous commitment to BJP/Jana Sangh despite multiple electoral defeats
• Endured imprisonment during The Emergency, establishing credentials as committed ideological worker
M.R. Gandhi is viewed as a long-standing BJP loyalist who delivered the party's first-ever Nagercoil Assembly seat in 2021 after decades of persistence. His Emergency-era jailing earns respect among BJP supporters, but his low public profile and minimal media engagement have resulted in limited visibility beyond party circles.