Ravikumar (writer)
Duraisamy Ravikumar | |
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Photo for Lok Sabha in 2019 | |
| Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | |
| Assumed office 23 May 2019 | |
| Preceded by | S. Rajendran |
| Constituency | Viluppuram |
| General Secretary Of Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi | |
| Assumed office 2010 | |
| Preceded by | Thol. Thirumavalavan |
| Succeeded by | Thol. Thirumavalavan |
| Member of Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly | |
| In office 2006–2011 | |
| Preceded by | P. Vallalperuman |
| Succeeded by | N. Murugumaran |
| Constituency | Kattumannarkoil, Cuddalore district |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 29 May 1961 Manganampattu, Nagapattinam (now Mayiladuthurai district), Tamil Nadu, India |
| Political party | VCK |
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| Education | LL.B., Tamil University; M.A., Ph.D, Annamalai University |
| Occupation | VCK General Secretary |
Duraisamy Ravikumar, popularly known as D. Ravikumar (born 29 May, 1961), is an Indian Tamil intellectual, writer, lawyer, politician and an anti-caste activist. He was the editor of the magazine, Nirapirikai. Nirapirikai inspired several new writers in the 1990s in Tamil Nadu. He is an Ambedkarite and Buddhist. Ravikumar is the current Member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha from Viluppuram and member of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam.