Have a look at the family, community and net worth of Nainar Nagendran
Nainar Nagendran has been chosen to lead the Tamil Nadu unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
Following firebrand former IPS officer K Annamalai, Nainar Nagendran, a defector from the AIADMK, is expected to become the 13th president of the Tamil Nadu BJP. Since he was the only one to submit a nomination for the position, he was reportedly the sole candidate in the contest.
Next year, Tamil Nadu will hold assembly elections, and the BJP is attempting to make inroads in a state where Dravidian politics predominate. Leading the party into the elections that could determine the state’s political future would be a difficult task for Nainar Nagendran.
Who is Nainar Nagendran, new BJP Tamil Nadu President, biography, age, family, wife, son, education, community, caste, business and net worth
Nainar Nagendran’s family and education
64-year-old Nainar Nagendran was born in Vadiveeswaram on October 16, 1960. He attended the Madurai DiravyamThayumanavar Hindu College.
Nainar, a native of Nagercoil’s Vadiveeswaram village, belongs to one of the intermediate castes (Maravar sect of the larger Mukkulathor community), who play a dominant role in caste politics in southern Tamil Nadu.
Nainar is also a businessman, who owns a number of hotels across Tamil Nadu, including Hotel Blue Diamond in Kilpauk in Chennai.
In 2021 Tamil Nadu Assembly polls, Nagendran secured his third victory from Tirunelveli, this time as a BJP candidate, defeating his DMK rival by 23,107 votes.
The value of family assets of BJP MLA and Tirunelveli Lok Sabha candidate Nainar Nagendran increased by 19.54% between March 2021 and March 2024 as the e value of Nagendran’s family’s movable and immovable assets was Rs 26.71 crore in March 2021, which increased to Rs 31.94 crore. Nagendran and his wife, Chandra Nagendran, possess 800 sovereigns of gold worth Rs 3.84 crore and Nagendran, an MA holder, has four cars and a tractor in his name. He has a debt of Rs 5.1 crore and has 13 bank accounts.
Nagendran and his wife have invested in Chandra Hotel, Sri Krishnan Inn, Soprose Hotel, Lakshmi Gayathri Hotel, Kalyani Trust and KR Travels India Private Limited and he also has cases against him under Sections 153A, 152, 504, 505 (2), 500 and 506 (1).
He has a son named Nainar Balaji.
Nainar Nagendran career
Nainar Nagendran is the leader of the BJP legislature party in Tamil Nadu. From 2001 until 2006, he served as a minister in the AIADMK government as well. He began his career with the AIADMK, which was led by J Jayalalithaa, as a member of the legislative assembly representing the Tirunelveli seat. After Jayalalithaa served as chief minister from 2001 to 2006, he was promoted to cabinet minister and held the positions of transport, industry, and electricity.
When the AIADMK returned to power in 2011, Nagendran was kept out of the government. Shortly after Jayalalithaa’s death in December of the same year, he left the party to join the BJP in 2017.
After serving as the Tamil Nadu BJP’s vice president since 2020, Ainar Nagendran won the Tirunelveli seat in the 2021 assembly elections while running on the party ticket.
Nainar Nagendran has been involved in a number of scandals. An examination conducted in 2006 found that throughout his tenure as a minister, he had accumulated assets above his income. In 2010, the Directorate of Vigilance filed a chargesheet under the Prevention of Corruption Act against him, his wife, and four other family members in connection with a ₹3.9 crore disproportionate assets case.
In January 2018, Nainar Nagendran was charged for threatening to kill renowned Tamil writer and lyricist Vairamuthu because of his divisive comments about “Andal.” He had also declared that anyone “who speak ill of Hinduism” should be killed “without hesitation.”