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Some Lesser Known Facts About C. V. Shanmugam

• C. V. Shanmugam was born and raised in a political background family in Tindivanam, Viluppuram, Tamil Nadu.

• His father, C. Venugopal was elected as the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK)’s member of parliament from Vandavasi constituency in 1977. He also played a key role in organizing AIADMK party in the old South Arcot region of Tamil Nadu.

• Since younger age, C.V. Shanmugam, showed active participation in AIADMK politics and built his hold in the Villupuram and Tindivanam region by doing social work at grassroot level.

• In 2001, Shanmugam contested for the first time for the assembly seat from Tindivanam constituency on AIADMK seat. He won the seat and elected as MLA of Tindivanam constituency.
  

  C. V. Shanmugam with AIADMK leader Edappadi K Palaniswami

• From 2003 to 2006, he served as Minister in Education in then chief minister Jayalatitha‘s cabinet.

• In 2006, he was re-elected as member of legislative assembly from Tindivanam constituency on AIADMK seat. He was one of the few AIADMK candidates from northern Tamil Nadu to win during the difficult election of the party at that time.

• Later, Shanmugam was handed over the responsibility to strengthen the presence of AIADMK base in Villupuram district of Tamil Nadu and became a strong Vanniyar community leader.

• In 2011, he contested from Villupuram constituency and won the assembly election again. In the same year, he was appointed as Minister for School Education in Jayalalithaa’s cabinet.

• In January 2012, during a cabinet reshuffling in Tamil Nadu’s government, C.V. Shanmugam handed over the department of Commercial Taxes and Registration.

• Inside AIADMK, Shanmugam is known for his aggressive speeches and strong advocacy of party during opposition protests and other assemble debates.

• In 2016, he again contested from Villupuram constituency and won by a huge margin for the second consecutive time.

• After the 2016 Tamil Nadu Assembly election, he was appointed as Minister for Law, Courts, Prisons and Minerals in All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) government, led by J. Jayalalithaa.

• During his tenure as Law Minister, he represented the Tamil Nadu government on various legal and constitutional matters and considered as one of the vocal ministers in the cabinet.

• After the death of J. Jayalalithaa in 2016, he played an active role in internal party matters during the political crises period.

• In 2017, C.V. Shanmugam was appointed as district secretary for Villupuram district.

• C. V. Shanmugam’s major setback came in 2021, when he lost the Villupuram assemble seat to Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK)’s candidate R. Lakshmanan by a margin of more than 14,000 votes.

• Even after his 2021 defeat, he remained one of the prominent senior leaders of AIADMK and regularly represented the party in various media debates and political campaigns.

• In April 2022, Shanmugam was arrested during a protest against the Tamil Nadu government led by Chief Minister M.K. Stalin of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) party.

• On 30 June 2022, he was elected as a Rajya Sabha member of Parliament from Tamil Nadu.

• During winter session of the Rajya Sabha held on 7 December 2023, he raised an issue that the upper house of the Parliament should change the name of the Madras high court to Tamil Nadu High court.

• Even though his attendance remained below average in the parliament, his parliamentary records shows that he asked more than 200 questions in Rajya Sabha as its member.

• In the 2026 Tamil Nadu Assembly election, he shifted from Villupuram and contested from Mailam constituency. He was among the few MPs of Tamil Nadu, who contested in the Tamil Nadu Assemble election, while still serving in the parliament.

• In May 2026, C.V. Shanmugam won from Mailam constituency by a margin of 30,041 votes.

• According to some media reports, due to some internal conflicts with in AIADMK party, Shanmugam resigned from Rajya Sabha member post on 7 May 2026. After his resigation, he said,

I can say nothing, I cannot say anything. I am resigning my post, MP post. I am elected as a member of the legislature, so I am resigning my post.”

• He was also leading a group of ALADMK’s MLA, who wanted to join actor tuned politician Vijay’s party for making government in Tamil Nadu in 2026.