S. Ramadoss

Dr. S. Ramadoss is the founder of the Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK), an Indian Political party.[3]

S Ramadoss
Founder of Pattali Makkal Katchi
Personal details
Born (1939-07-25) 25 July 1939
Keezhsiviri, Villupuram, Madras Presidency, British India
Spouse(s)Saraswathi
ChildrenAnbumani Ramadoss
ResidenceTindivanam, Tamil Nadu, India
Alma materMadras Medical College[1][2]
Occupationpolitician, Doctor

Under the leadership of Ramadoss, PMK was able to obtain a significant share of power both in the regional government in Tamil Nadu and the central government, primarily due to coalition pressures. Ramadoss's son, Anbumani Ramadoss, was the Health Minister in the government.

In 1980 Dr. Ramadoss founded Vanniyar sangam, a party that centralized the priorities of the Vanniyar caste. In 1987 they staged road blockade by cutting trees and demanded 20% reservation in TN government jobs for Vanniyar Communities. 21 people died during that agitation. As a result, 108 castes including Vanniyar community got 20% reservation in TN. Dr. Ramadoss founded PMK party in 1989.

Controversy

Threatening journalists

S Ramadoss on June 2019 stoked a controversy, saying that he would “cut” journalists who question him about hundreds of trees cut down by his party workers during his arrest by the J Jayalalithaa government. He said, "if we protest again we will not cut trees but hack down those who ask these questions, and throw them across the road."[4] He also called the journalists "dogs" and "Kammanati pasanga", a degrogatory word used for the widow's son.[5][6]

Filmography
YearFilmRoleNotes
1990PaalamHimselfCameo appearance
1995ThondanDr. Sanjeevi Raman
2006IlakkanamHimselfCameo appearance

Notes
  1. "Ramadoss, MMC '60 class recall medico days". Meera Vankipuram. The Times of India. 9 June 2016. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
  2. "Quiet Ramadoss joining politics was big surprise: College alumni". Deccan Chronicle. 9 June 2016. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
  3. "From a sectarian leader, Ramadoss has come a long way". Rediff.com. Retrieved 18 August 2009.
  4. "'Will cut journalists who suggest I'm a tree-cutter': S Ramadoss". The Federal. 24 June 2019.
  5. "Tamil Nadu: Viral video shows Ramadoss threatening to hack journalists". The Week. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
  6. Reporter, Staff (23 June 2019). "Ramadoss threatens journalist who questioned him on tree felling". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X.

References
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