E. V. Velu
E.V. Velu | |
|---|---|
| Cabinet Minister Government of Tamil Nadu | |
| Assumed office 7 May 2021 | |
| Minister | Minister of Public Works |
| Governor | Banwarilal Purohit |
| Chief minister | M. K. Stalin |
| Preceded by | Edappadi K. Palaniswami |
| In office 15 May 2006 – 15 May 2011 | |
| Minister | Minister for Food and Civil Supplies |
| Member of Tamil Nadu legislative assembly | |
| Assumed office 2021 | |
| In office 2016–2021 | |
| In office 2011–2016 | |
| In office 2006–2011 | |
| In office 2001–2006 | |
| In office 1984–1989 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Ethirajulu Vajjaravelu 15 March 1951 Koovanur, Manalurpet, Kallakurichi, Madras State, (now Tamil Nadu), India |
| Political party | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (1972–1997) Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (1997–) |
| Spouse | Jeeva Velu |
| Children | Kamban Kumaran |
| Parent(s) | Ethirajulu (Father) Saraswati Ammal (Mother) |
| Relatives | Manogaran (Brother) |
| Alma mater | Annamalai University (MA, History) |
Ethirajulu Vajjaravelu or E. V. Velu (born 15 March 1951) is an Indian politician who has been serving as the Minister of Public Works, Highways and Minor Ports in the M. K. Stalin ministry of the state of Tamil Nadu since 2021. He formerly served as the Minister for Food in the state under M. Karunanidhi (2006–2011).
Velu has been elected to the Tamil Nadu legislative assembly as All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) party candidate from Thandarambattu constituency, in 1984. In 1997, he joined DMK (at a time when the MGR Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam split from the AIADMK to ally with the BJP) and got elected from the same constituency in 2001 and 2006. He was subsequently elected twice from Tiruvannamalai constituency as a Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate in 2011 and 2016 and 2021.