D Raja Biography

D Raja
Elected from	Tamil Nadu
DOB	Jun 3, 1949
Place of Birth	Chithathoor, Distt. Vellore (Tamil Nadu)
Political Party	Communist Party of India
Father's Name	Shri P. Doraisamy
Mother's Name	Shrimati Nayagam
Marital Status	Married on 7 /01/1990
Spouse	Shrimati Annie Raja
Children	One daughter
Education	B.Sc., B.Ed. Educated at G.T.M. College, Gudiyattam, Distt. Vellore, affiliated to University of Madras, Chennai and Government Teachers College, affiliated to University of Madras, Chennai
Profession before joining politics	Political and Social Worker
Positions Held	MP of Rajya Sabha for Tamil Nadu since 25 July 2013

Raja raised the issue of JNU students' protests in Parliament budget session. He sought immediate release of JNU Students Union president Kanhaiya Kumar. He also came in defence of his daughter, a student in the same university who joined the protests and sloganeering. A BJP leader in Tamil Nadu, H. Raja, proclaimed that D. Raja should shoot his daughter for shouting anti-national slogans to prove his patriotism. The BJP top brass, however, rejected H.Raja's statements. Moreover, a resident of Rai Bareilly petitioned to lodge an FIR against D. Raja and Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi for supporting anti-national activities at JNU.

Last Updated on June 18, 2020