A. Namassivayam

{{short description|Indian politician}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}}

{{Use Indian English|date=November 2019}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = A Namassivayam

| image = File:A. Namassivayam.png

| office = Minister of Home Affairs
Government of Puducherry

| 1blankname = Chief Minister

| 1namedata = N. Rangaswamy

| predecessor = V. Narayanasamy

| term_start = 8 May 2021

| term_end =

| office1 = Minister of Sports and Youth affairs
Government of Puducherry

| 1blankname1 = Chief Minister

| 1namedata1 = N. Rangaswamy

| predecessor1 = Malladi Krishna Rao

| term_start1 = 8 May 2021

| term_end1 =

| office2 = Member Of Legislative Assembly
Puducherry

| term_start2 = 2 May 2021

| term_end2 =

| constituency2 = Mannadipet

| predecessor2 = T. P. R. Selvame

| term_start3 = 2011

| term_end3 = 2021

| constituency3 = Villianur

| successor3 = R. Siva

|predecessor3 = J. Narayanasamy

| term_start5 = 2001

| term_end5 = 2011

| constituency5 = Ozhukarai

| successor5 = N.G. Pannirselvam

| predecessor5 = K. Natarajan

| birth_date =

| birth_place = Pondichéry, French India (now Puducherry, India)

| party = Bharatiya Janata Party

| otherparty = Former parties:

}}

Arumugam Namassivayam is an Indian politician from the Bharatiya Janata Party. He is current Home Minister of Puducherry. He is also serving as minister of Sports and Youth affairs in Rangaswamy ministry. He represents Mannadipet in Puducherry Legislative Assembly. {{cite web | url=http://eciresults.nic.in/ConstituencywiseU075.htm?ac=5 | title=GENERAL ELECTION TO LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY TRENDS & RESULT 2016 Puducherry Villianur | publisher=Election Commission of India | accessdate=22 May 2016 | archive-date=24 May 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160524020110/http://eciresults.nic.in/ConstituencywiseU075.htm?ac=5 | url-status=dead }}{{cite web | url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/assembly-elections-2016/puducherry-polls/Tussle-in-Puducherry-Congress-for-the-top-job/2016/05/21/article3443870.ece | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160522120029/http://www.newindianexpress.com/assembly-elections-2016/puducherry-polls/Tussle-in-Puducherry-Congress-for-the-top-job/2016/05/21/article3443870.ece | url-status=dead | archive-date=22 May 2016 | title=Tussle in Puducherry Congress for the top job | publisher=New Indian Express | date=21 May 2016 | accessdate=22 May 2016}}{{cite news | url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/elections/congress-dmk-alliance-wins-puducherry-116051900929_1.html | title=Congress-DMK alliance wins Puducherry | newspaper=Business Standard India | publisher=Business Standard | date=20 May 2016 | accessdate=22 May 2016}}

Political career

He was the ex-president of Puducherry Pradesh Congress Committee.

On January 25, 2021, he was suspended from the Congress party for his anti-party activities. Following that Namassivayam submitted his MLA resignation letter to the assembly speaker and quit Congress party.{{Cite web|date=2021-01-25|title=Puducherry Minister Namassivayam resigns, Congress suspends him|url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/puducherry-minister-namassivayam-resigns-congress-suspends-him-142142|access-date=2021-05-11|website=The News Minute|language=en}}{{Cite web|title=Setback to Congress in Puducherry as PWD Minister Namassivayam, MLA resign, set to join BJP|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil-nadu/2021/jan/25/setback-to-congress-in-puducherryaspwd-minister-namassivayammlaresign-set-to-join-bjp-2254876.html|access-date=2021-01-28|website=The New Indian Express}}

He joined Bharathiya Janata Party along with his supporter Theeppainthan on 28 January 2021 in the presence of its national general secretary Arun Singh.{{cn|date=November 2021}}

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