Biographical Sketch
Member of Parliament
12th Lok Sabha
 KUPPUSAMI, SHRI C.
[DRAVIDA MUNNETRA KAZHAGAM - CHENNAI NORTH (TAMILNADU)]
KUPPUSAMI, SHRI C.
[DRAVIDA MUNNETRA KAZHAGAM - CHENNAI NORTH (TAMILNADU)]
Father's Name             Shri Chengalvarayan                     
Date of Birth             13 December 1926
Place of Birth            Potharai, Distt. Tiruvannamalai (Tamil Nadu)      
Marital Status            Married on 16 September 1954
Spouse's Name             Smt. Andal                              
Children                  One son and  one daughter
Educational Qualifications  
               Intermediate
               Educated at Annamalai University, Chidambaram (Tamil Nadu)
Profession         
               Trade Unionist, Journalist, Political and Social Worker and
               Publisher
Permanent Address  
               Door No. 3C, Old Tower Block,           
               Nandanam, Chennai-600035                
               (Tamil Nadu)                            
               Tels. (044) 4322255(R),4320280(O), 8241422(O)                         
               Fax   (044) 8224422  
Present Address
               186, South Avenue
               New Delhi - 110011
               Tel. (011) 3793663
Positions Held  
1998           Elected to 12th Lok Sabha
1998-99        Member, Committee on Petitions
       
               Member, Committee on Petroleum and Chemicals
               Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of
               Surface Transport
Literary, Artistic and Scientific Accomplishments  
Publisher Uzhaippali - a Tamil monthly, an official organ
of Labour Progressive Federation; and Trustee, Murasoli -
a Tamil daily
Social and Cultural Activities  
Sponsoring and participating in workers' education classes,
seminars, camps, work shops; imparting leadership training
to the workers on behalf of Labour Progressive Federation;
helping physically handicapped through Anna Memorial Trust;
and also helping bright students through Murasoli Trust
Special Interests  
Trade union activities and helping unorganised labour to
organise themselves for achieving social justice
Favourite Pastime and Recreation  
Reading books, contributing articles to journals and
watching cricket matches on T.V.
Countries Visited  
Japan; visited as member of National Productivitiy Council
sponsored by the Asian Productivity Organisation, Singapore
Other Information  
Served for 24 years service in Railways; as Trade Union
Leader, conducted and participated in Railways and All India
Government Employees' Strikes, 1968 and 1969; Member, All
India Joint Action Committee for the Railway strike in 1974;
held various positions in Labour Progressive Federation
since 1970 and its President since 1977; also President,
Labour Wing, DMK since 1977
Election Result of
Chennai North Lok Sabha Constituency  
Total electorate        18,80,857
Total votes polled       8,76,109
Votes polled in favour of the first four leading candidates
(1) Shri C. Kuppusami           (D.M.K.)   4,01,322
(2) Shri R.T. Sabapathy Mohan   (M.D.M.K.) 3,32,229
(3) Shri A. Soundara Rajan      [C.P.I.(M)]  50,590
(4) Shri G.K.J. Bharathi        (I.N.C.)     47,147
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