A. S. Munavar Basha (born 5 February 1954,[citation needed] Mylapore, Chennai) is an Indian Politician and a social worker. He is currently the General Secretary of Tamil Maanila Congress.
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| Born | 5 February 1954 |
Basha contested as a Tamil Maanila Congress candidate for Mylapore constituency in the 2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election.[1][2][3]
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He was educated at the Santhome Higher Secondary School, Mylapore, and graduated from The New College, Chennai. Munavar Basha was the student union leader in New College.[citation needed]
Munavar Basha is an orator, writer and a social worker. He is the founder and president of Annai Ullam, an old age home in Kodambakkam.[4][5]
Political life
editMunavar Basha was inspired by the Perunthalaivar K. Kamaraj. During his schooldays, he attended many Kamarajar meetings with his father Abdul Samad, inspired by Kamarajar and eventually joined the student congress in 1974. Since then he has been a congress person.
Positions held ( 1974–2016)
editMunavar Basha has held the following positions:
- 1974–1977 – President, District Student Congress
- 1977–1978 – State General Secretary, Student Congress
- 1978–1981 – President, District Youth Congress
- 1984–1987 – State Secretary, Tamil Nadu, Indian National Congress
- 1996–2001 – State Secretary, Tamil Nadu Tamil Maanila Congress
- 2001–2014 – Tamil Maanila Congress Merged with Congress, state working committee member. During this time, Munavar Basha had the following roles
- Railway Recruitment Board Member
- Railway User Committee Member
- Film Censor Board Member
- National Shipping Board Member
- 2014–2016 – General Secretary, Tamil Maanila Congress
Other activities
edit- Started and managed Annai Illam in Mylapore for 15 years
- Currently runs Annai Ullam Old age home in Kodambakkam.
- Fought for P.S. Higher Secondary School Mylapore not to change as a matriculation school which will impact the poor children getting good education for less fee.
- Fought for Poorana Madhu Vilakku in Tamil Nadu
- In 1980s, when the current C.M. Jayalalitha was attacked in the assembly, A.S. Munavar Basha opposed attacking a woman and challenged those who tried to conceal that anything happened. He led a protest to release the assembly video as of what happened.
- Munavar Basha wrote a letter to Karunanidhi, who was the Chief Minister at that period, requesting to name the flyover in Chamiers Road in memory of the leader, G.K Moopanar. Accepting his Request, the flyover was named as G.K.Moopanar Flyover
- Organises several blood donation camps in Mylapore
References
edit- ^ "Mylapore Ties » Elections 2016: TMC puts up Munawar Basha as its candidate". www.mylaporetimes.com. Retrieved 22 April 2016.
- ^ "Tamil Maanila Congress Chief GK Vasan Not To Contest Tamil Nadu Elections". NDTV. Press Trust of India. 19 April 2016. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
- ^ "Tamil Maanila Congress candidates list released". www.tamilnewsportal.com. Archived from the original on 8 May 2016. Retrieved 22 April 2016.
- ^ "Camp, competition for elders". The Hindu. 4 January 2015. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 22 April 2016.
- ^ "Cong remembers TMS". The New Indian Express. Archived from the original on 7 May 2016. Retrieved 22 April 2016.