Pala. Karuppiah

Pala. Karuppiah
In office
2011–2016
Constituency Harbour
Personal details
Born (1943-04-02) 2 April 1943
Karaikudi[1]
Political party DMK[2]
Relatives Karu Pazhaniappan (nephew)
Occupation Actor, Writer and Cinema Producer[1]

Pala. Karuppiah is an Indian politician and was a member of the 14th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly from the Harbour constituency in Chennai District.[3] He also appeared acted in cinema in the film Angadi Theru, directed by Vasanthabalan. He is also writer of Pattinathaar Oru Paarvai, Arasiyal Sadhirattangal, Kaalam Kizhittha Kodugal, Kannadhaasan, Kaalathin Velippaadu, Ellaigal Neettha Rama Kaadhai and Karunanidhi Enna Kadavulaa.

On 28 January 2016 Pala was expelled from AIADMK by party general secretary Jayalalithaa after being accused of indulging in activities contrary to party ideology and bringing it into disrepute.[4] A day later he resigned from his assembly constituency.[2] His house was attacked by unknown assailants following it. He later met the media and accused the AIADMK government of corruption.[5] His nephew Karu Palaniappan is a famous director.

Filmography

Actor
Producer

References

  1. 1 2 "Thiru. Pala. Karuppiah (AIADMK) 18. Harbour Chennai District". Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly.
  2. 1 2 http://redpix.tv/getting-insulted-aiadmk-pala-karuppiah-takes-refuge-karunanidhi-camp/. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. "List of MLAs from Tamil Nadu 2011" (PDF). Government of Tamil Nadu. Retrieved 2017-04-26.
  4. "Pala. Karuppiah expelled from AIADMK". The Hindu. 28 January 2016.
  5. "Pala. Karuppiah's house attacked". The Hindu. 31 January 2016.
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