E. V. Velu

In this Indian name, the name Ethirajulu is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Vajjaravelu.
E.V. Velu
Cabinet Minister
Government of Tamil Nadu
Incumbent
Assumed office
7 May 2021
MinisterMinister of Public Works
GovernorBanwarilal Purohit
Chief ministerM. K. Stalin
Preceded byEdappadi K. Palaniswami
In office
15 May 2006 – 15 May 2011
MinisterMinister for Food and Civil Supplies
Member of Tamil Nadu legislative assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office
2021
In office
2016–2021
In office
2011–2016
In office
2006–2011
In office
2001–2006
In office
1984–1989
Personal details
Born
Ethirajulu Vajjaravelu

(1951-03-15) 15 March 1951 (age 73)
Se. Gudalore [ta], Madras State, (now Tamil Nadu), India
Political partyAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (1972–1997)
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (1997–)
Alma materAnnamalai University (MA, History)

Ethirajulu Vajjaravelu or E. V. Velu (born 15 March 1951) is an Indian politician who has been serving as the Minister of Public Works, Highways and Minor Ports in the M. K. Stalin ministry of the state of Tamil Nadu since 2021. He formerly served as the Minister for Food in the state under M. Karunanidhi (2006–2011).

Velu has been elected to the Tamil Nadu legislative assembly as All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) party candidate from Thandarambattu constituency, in 1984. In 1997, he joined DMK (at a time when the MGR Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam split from the AIADMK to ally with the BJP) and got elected from the same constituency in 2001[1] and 2006.[2] He was subsequently elected twice from Tiruvannamalai constituency as a Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate in 2011[3] and 2016 and 2021.[4]

  1. ^ "Statistical Report on General Election 2001 for the Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 6. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
  2. ^ "Statistical Report on General Election 2006 for the Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 6. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
  3. ^ "Statistical Report on General Election 2011 for the Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 10. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
  4. ^ "List of successful candidates" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 2. Retrieved 17 May 2017.