V.M.C. Sivakumar was the former agriculture minister and speaker of the union territory of Puducherry. His family had dominated the constituency of Neravy T.R.Pattinam for decades by winning about 10 elections. V.M.C. Sivakumar alone won 5 elections with 4 continuous win from 1996–2011. He had been a DMK leader who moved to AIADMK in the year 2016.[1] He lost his last election in 2016 to Geetha Anandan from DMK. He was murdered by armed gang due to personal enmity in 2017 January.[2]