Durai Murugan

Politician

1938 –

89

Who is Durai Murugan?

Durai Murugan is an Indian lawyer and politician. He qualified as BL and MA and is an advocate by profession.

Murugan was first elected to the Tamil Nadu legislative assembly in 1971 and has been elected 6 times since. He was elected from the Katpadi constituency in 2006. After the 2006 assembly elections, Murugan was appointed Minister for Public Works in the Government of Tamil Nadu.

He was charged with pulling the saree of AIADMK leader J Jayalalithaa, when she tried to obstruct the presentation of the 1990 state budget.

He was divested of the Public Works Department portfolio on 13 July 2009.

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Born
Jul 1, 1938
Tamil Nadu
Nationality
  • India
Profession
Lived in
  • Vellore

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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