La Ganesan

La Ganesan
La Ganesan
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
	In office; 6 October 2016 – 2 April 2018
Preceded by	Najma Heptullah
Succeeded by	Kailash Soni, BJP
Constituency	Madhya Pradesh [1]
Personal details
Born	16 February 1945; Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu
Nationality	Indian
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Education	S.S.L.C.
Profession	Politician

La. Ganesan (born 16 February 1945) is an Indian politician and senior leader of Bharatiya Janata Party. He is at present the party's National Council Member[2] and has earlier served the party in various capacities.

Before being appointed as the General Secretary of TN BJP unit, he was a Pracharak in RSS.[3] He then served as the National Secretary and then as the Vice President of BJP at the national level.[4] Later he was selected as the President of BJP's Tamil Nadu state unit.

He is a former Member of Parliament in RajyaSabha. He replaced the former union minister Najma Heptulla as an Member of parliament in Rajya sabha from Madhya Pradesh.

Controversy

Attack on kirubanidhi

Kirubanidhi, the first Dalit president of the BJP in Tamil Nadu, along with Ila Ganesan went to Indore, Madhya Pradesh to participate in the BJP national council's meeting. After the meeting, Ila Ganesan started abusing Kirubanidhi verbally by calling his caste name. Even though Kribunidhi tried to pacify him he twisted kirubanidhi's arm. Later on an interview, Kirubanidhi said the fight was over the misuse of funds by Ila Ganesan that he had pointed out.[5]

gollark: Yes, it's more or less than that.

gollark: You're only me 22.7% or more or less of the time.

gollark: As LyricLy, about 2.5 years. As Palaiologos, about 1.5 years.

gollark: As previously explained, I am the best leader.

gollark: Did you know? Parties are mere distractions from the relentlessness of entropy.

References

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bhopal/BJPs-iLa-Ganesan-elected-unopposed-to-Rajya-Sabha-from-Madhya-Pradesh/articleshow/54720909.cms
"BJP-DMDK alliance possible: L Ganesan". The Economic Times. 9 July 2013. Retrieved 9 January 2014.
"Munde lobbies for Mahajan's post, but RSS has other plans". The Indian Express. 13 May 2006. Retrieved 9 January 2014.
"By elevating Ganesan, BJP hopes to strengthen State unit". The Indian Express. 1 February 2006. Retrieved 9 January 2014.
Vignessh (13 March 2020). "Will BJP's Murugan experiment go the Kirubanidhi way?". The Federal. Retrieved 10 August 2020.

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[1] ttp://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bhopal/BJPs-iLa-Ganesan-elected-unopposed-to-Rajya-Sabha-from-Madhya-Pradesh/articleshow/54720909.cms

[2] "BJP-DMDK alliance possible: L Ganesan". The Economic Times. 9 July 2013. Retrieved 9 January 2014.

[3] "Munde lobbies for Mahajan's post, but RSS has other plans". The Indian Express. 13 May 2006. Retrieved 9 January 2014.

[4] "By elevating Ganesan, BJP hopes to strengthen State unit". The Indian Express. 1 February 2006. Retrieved 9 January 2014.

[5] Vignessh (13 March 2020). "Will BJP's Murugan experiment go the Kirubanidhi way?". The Federal. Retrieved 10 August 2020.