T. R. Paarivendhar

{{short description|Indian politician and academician (born 1941)}}

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{{Infobox officeholder

| name = T. R. Paarivendhar

| image = T R Pachamuthu-Milan-2009.jpg

| caption = Pachamuthu during Milan 2009 at SRM University

| birth_date = {{bda|df=y|24 August 1941}}

| birth_place = Attur, Madras Province, British India

| residence = Chennai

| office = Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha

| term_start = 23 May 2019

| term_end = 03 June 2024

| constituency = Perambalur

| predecessor = R. P. Marutharajaa

| successor = Arun Nehru

| party = Indhiya Jananayaga Katchi

| religion =

| spouse = Eswari Pachamuthu

| parents = Ramasamy Udayar, Valliammal

| children = Ravi Pachamuthu, Sathyanarayanan Pachamuthu, Geetha Pachamuthu

| occupation = Politician, Academician

| alma_mater =

| otherparty = Bharatiya Janata Party

}}

T. R. Paarivendhar (also known as T. R. Pachamuthu, born 24 August 1941) is an Indian politician, academician, founder-president of Indhiya Jananayaga Katchi and Ex MP to the 17th Lok Sabha from Perambalur Lok Sabha constituency, Tamil Nadu.{{Cite web|title=Tamil Nadu Assembly Polls: Kamal Haasan's Party to Contest 154 Seats|url=https://thewire.in/politics/tamil-nadu-assembly-polls-kamal-haasans-party-to-contest-from-154-out-of-234-seats|access-date=2022-02-02|website=The Wire}}

He is well known as the founder-chairman of the SRM Institute of Science and Technology.{{citation needed|date=October 2021}}

Political career

He contested and won the 2019 Indian general election on DMK's Rising Sun symbol being an Indhiya Jananayaga Katchi party member.{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/13597-4-list-of-successful-candidate/ |title=List Of Successful Candidate - General Election 2019 (Including Vellore PC) |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date= 18 October 2021}} His party contested along with the Bharatiya Janata Party in the 2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election.{{Cite web|date=2021-05-03|title=With a score of 4/20, BJP betters its 2016 performance in Tamil Nadu|url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/score-420-bjp-betters-its-2016-performance-tamil-nadu-148210|access-date=2022-02-02|website=The News Minute|language=en}} In 2019 he walked out of the AIADMK-BJP alliance after the Pattali Makkal Katchi joined it.{{Cite web|last=Mar 3|first=B. Sivakumar|title=BJP-backer T R Pachamuthu moves over to DMK side {{!}} Chennai News - Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/srm-chancellor-switches-loyalty-to-dmk-led-alliance/articleshow/68237778.cms|access-date=2022-02-02|website=The Times of India|language=en}} His party allied with Kamal Hassan's Makkal Needhi Maiam during the 2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election.{{Cite web|last=OJ|first=Dheepthi|date=2021-05-20|title=Storm in Kamal's MNM: Two More Senior Functionaries Quit Party|url=https://www.thequint.com/news/politics/another-senior-functionary-of-kamals-mnm-quits-party-chennai-politics-tamilnadu|access-date=2022-02-02|website=TheQuint|language=en}}

Arrest and court case

The Chennai Central Crime Branch police arrested SRM University chancellor Pari Vendhar on August 26, 2016, after questioning him overnight. The arrest followed complaints from over 100 students who claimed they paid money for a medical seat at SRM college but didn't get admitted. The Central Crime Branch police found initial evidence suggesting his involvement in cheating students of Rs. 75 crore. The case began when Madhan, a close aide to Pachamuthu and Managing Partner of Vendhar Movies, went missing in May 2016, leaving a suicide note. In the note, Madhan lamented that after collecting crores of rupees from parents, they would be unable to meet their pledge.{{Cite web|last=Staff|first=T. N. M.|date=2016-08-26|title=SRM Group chairman TR Pachamuthu arrested by Chennai police|url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/tamil-nadu/srm-university-chancellor-tr-pachamuthu-arrested-chennai-police-48879|access-date=2024-02-27|website=The News Minute|language=en}} While Paarivendhar filed a case accusing Madhan of illegally collecting the money, over 110 parents addressed the police, claiming to have donated Rs. 50 lakh each on their assurance of admission to the MBBS course.{{Cite news|date=2016-08-26|title=SRM University chancellor Pachamuthu arrested in cheating case|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/SRM-University-chancellor-Pachamuthu-arrested-in-cheating-case/article14593084.ece|access-date=2024-02-27|issn=0971-751X}} The Saidapet magistrate court announced his decision to remand him to 15 days in custody the same day.{{Cite web|last=Mathew|first=Pheba|date=2016-08-26|title=After a day of uncertainties, SRM Chairman TR Pachamuthu remanded to judicial custody|url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/tamil-nadu/after-day-uncertainties-srm-chairman-tr-pachamuthu-remanded-judicial-custody-48916|access-date=2024-02-27|website=The News Minute|language=en}}

A case has been filed in Madras High Court on 2016 that Parivendar occupied land worth Rs.371 crores designated for the Adi Dravidas in Kanchipuram district's Kattangolathur for his SRM university. The Madras High Court on 14 July 2016 ordered notices to be sent to Kanchipuram District Collector and Parivendar in this case.{{Cite web|last=அகத்தியுநாடன்|first=லெனின்|title=ரூ. 371 கோடி நிலம் ஆக்கிரமிப்பு - எஸ்.ஆர்.எம். பாரிவேந்தருக்கு நோட்டீஸ்|url=https://tamil.webdunia.com/regional-hindi-news/hardik-patel-116071500017_1.html|access-date=2024-02-27|website=tamil.webdunia.com|language=ta}}

Electoral performance

===Lok Sabha===

class="sortable wikitable" ! Year ! Constituency ! colspan="2" \| Party ! Votes ! % ! colspan="3" \| Opponent ! Votes ! % ! Result ! Margin
2014 \|rowspan=3\|Perambalur \|{{Party name with color\|Bharatiya Janata Party}} \| 238,887 \| 23.44 \|{{Party name with color\|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam\|rowspan=2}} \|R. P. Marutharajaa \| 462,693 \| 45.40 \|{{no2\|Lost}} \|{{no2\|−223,806}}
2019 \|{{Party name with color\|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} \| 683,697 \| 62.45 \|N. R. Sivapathy \| 280,179 \| 25.59 \|{{yes2\|Won}} \|{{yes2\|403,518}}
2024 \|{{Party name with color\|Bharatiya Janata Party}} \| 161,866 \| 14.33 \|{{Party name with color\|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}} \|Arun Nehru \| 603,209 \| 53.42 \|{{no2\|Lost}} \|{{no2\|−441,343}}

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! Year

! Constituency

! colspan="2" | Party

! Votes

! %

! colspan="3" | Opponent

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! Result

! Margin

2014