Vaiko
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| Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha | |
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In office 1978-1996 |
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| Constituency | Tamil Nadu |
| Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | |
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In office 1998-2004 |
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| Preceded by | V. Alagirisamy |
| Succeeded by | A. Ravichandran |
| Constituency | Sivakasi, Tamil Nadu |
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22 May 1944 Kalingapatty, Sankarankovil, Tirunelveli District Madras Presidency, British India |
| Political party | Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| Spouse(s) | Renuka Devi |
| Children | Durai Vaiyapuri, Rajalakshmi, Kannagi |
', He is known for his advocacy to protect the livelihood of Tamils in Tamil Nadu and rest of the world. Also Vaiko is well known for his continuous support for the self-determination rights of Tamil people in Sri Lanka and the LTTE.
Vaiko was born in family in Kalingapatty near Sankarankovil, Madras Presidency (now Tamil Nadu). He graduated with a Gold Medal in his Bachelor of arts degree in economics from St. Xavier's College, Palayamkottai and masters from Presidency College, Chennai. He obtained his bachelor's degree in law from Madras Law College.
Vaiko is the general secretary of the political party Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (M.D.M.K).
Vaiko was a part of Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (D.M.K) and was formerly seen as the ideological protege of former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, Kalaignar M.Karunanidhi. Vaiko was detained for more than an year in 1976-77 during emergency and for 40 days on charges of organizing black flag demonstration against former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi's visit to Tamil Nadu in Oct 1977. He has been arrested multiple times for peaceful demonstrations especially during the 1986-87 anti Hindi agitations.
He entered the Rajya Sabha in 1978 and has been member of the Upper House for three terms. He has also been elected to the Lok Sabha twice. In 1993, Vaiko started MDMK due to differences with Karunanidhi amid rumblings that Karunanidhi promoted his son M. K. Stalin to succeed him.
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