D. Pandian

D.Pandian
தா. பாண்டியன்
Personal details
Born David Pandian
(1932-09-25) 25 September 1932
Keelavellaimalaipatti, Usilampatti, Tamil Nadu
Political party Communist party of India
Spouse(s) Joyce Pandian

D. Pandian is an Indian politician and a former Member of Parliament elected from Tamil Nadu. He was elected to the Lok Sabha as an Indian National Congress's United People Alliance (UPA-1) - United Communist Party of India (UCPI) candidate from North Chennai constituency in 1989 and 1991 elections.[1][2] He was the Tamil Nadu State Secretary of the Communist Party of India for nearly six years till 2015 when he was succeeded by R. Mutharasan [3]

Early life and Political career

D. Pandian was a lecturer in English in Alagappa College in Karaikudi before becoming a full-time member of the Communist Party of India. He was the first general secretary of the Tamil Nadu Kalai Ilakkiya Perumandram (Tamil Nadu Art and Literary Federation) launched by late P. Jeevanandam. He left the CPI to join the United Communist Party of India (UCPI) led by Mohit Sen and was elected to Lok Sabha from North Chennai. He returned to CPI and became its State secretary.[4] He was the president of Indian Railway Labour Union. He has written books about the life history of many leaders[5]. He is the editor of Janasakthi, a Tamil daily run by CPI[6][7].

On 21 May 1991, D. Pandian was seriously injured[8] while accompanying former Indian Prime Minister, Shri Rajiv Gandhi, when the latter was assassinated in a suicide bomb attack. Pandian was scheduled to translate the speech of Shri Rajiv Gandhi.[9] Though opposed to LTTE's militancy during the Sri Lankan civil war, he was a vocal critic of the Sri Lankan government's approach to the issue of Sri Lankan Tamils and called upon India to exert pressure on Sri Lankan government to find a peaceful political solution to the problem[10][11].

D. Pandian has been supporting the Nuclear plant at Kudankulam.[12] But his recent pronouncements have indicated a change in his thinking and he has mentioned that exempting Russians from their liability is unacceptable.[13]

Family

D. Pandian has two daughters and a son, David Jawahar. His wife Joyce Pandian passed away at the age of 76 in 2010.[14] His son David Jawahar is a former Registrar of the University of Madras, Tamil Nadu and was a professor at the Bharathidasan Institute of Management, Tiruchi[15].

References

  1. ↑ Volume I, 1989 Indian general election, 9th Lok Sabha Archived 10 April 2009 at the Wayback Machine.
  2. ↑ Volume I, 1991 Indian general election, 10th Lok Sabha Archived 9 April 2009 at the Wayback Machine.
  3. ↑ "Cities / Coimbatore : Mutharasan, CPI State secretary". The Hindu. 2015-03-01. Retrieved 2015-11-24.
  4. ↑ The Hindu : States / Tamil Nadu : On D. Pandian’s 80th birthday, Nallakannu calls for political unity
  5. ↑ "CPI leader Pandian's book launched". The Hindu. 2016-10-09. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2018-08-15.
  6. ↑ "Bardhan for debate on judicial review order". The Hindu. 2007-01-19. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2018-08-15.
  7. ↑ "CPI (M) launches Tamil daily, to focus on people's issues". oneindia.com. Retrieved 2018-08-15.
  8. ↑ "A detailed account of the assassination of Rajiv Gandhi". India Today. Retrieved 2018-08-15.
  9. ↑ "Members Bioprofile". 164.100.47.132. Retrieved 2012-09-26.
  10. ↑ "BBCSinhala.com | Sandeshaya | CPI to protest Lanka violence". www.bbc.com (in Sinhala). Retrieved 2018-08-15.
  11. ↑ "Jayalalithaa should be rallying point for SL Tamils: CPI". News18. Retrieved 2018-08-15.
  12. ↑ "Indian Left And The Nuclear Hypocrisy". Retrieved 2012-10-11.
  13. ↑ "Exempting Russians from n-liability unacceptable: CPI – New York Daily News". Archived from the original on 22 September 2012. Retrieved 2012-10-11.
  14. ↑ "CPI leader Pandian's wife Joyce passes away". news.webindia123.com. Retrieved 2018-08-15.
  15. ↑ "Madras University ex-registrar's room ransacked in Tiruchy". dtNext.in. 2017-08-12. Retrieved 2018-08-15.
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