M. K. Ashok

M. K. Ashok is an Indian politician and was a member of the 14th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly from the Velachery constituency in Chennai District. He represented the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam party.[1]

M. K. Ashok
Member of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
In office
2011–2016
ConstituencyVelachery
Personal details
Political partyAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

The elections of 2016 resulted in his constituency being won by Vagai Chanderasekar.[2] Ashok was one of thirteen AIADMK MLAs in the Greater Chennai area who were deselected by the party, apparently in an attempt to thwart a potential anti-incumbency backlash from the electorate following the recent flooding. It was felt that fresh faces would put some distance between the past and the present.[3]

On 22 June 2015, Ashok, his wife and a relative were injured in a car accident at the village of Pudusukkampatti, near Melur, Madurai.[4] The three, along with a driver who escaped uninjured, were on their way to attend a funeral in Paramakudi when the accident occurred.

References
  1. "List of MLAs from Tamil Nadu 2011" (PDF). Government of Tamil Nadu. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 March 2012. Retrieved 26 April 2017.
  2. "15th Assembly Members". Government of Tamil Nadu. Retrieved 26 April 2017.
  3. Kotteswaran, C. S. (5 April 2016). "MLAs in flood-hit areas denied tickets". Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 5 May 2017.
  4. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/Tamil-Nadu-MLA-injured-in-road-accident-near-Madurai/articleshow/47781271.cms


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