A. S. Munavar Basha
| A. S. Munavar Basha | |
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| Born | February 5, 1954 |
A. S. Munavar Basha (born 5 February 1954, Mylapore, Chennai) is a General Secretary of Tamil Maanila Congress.
A. S. Munavar Basha is the Tamil Maanila Congress candidate for Mylapore constituency in the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election, 2016.[1][2][3]
He was educated at the Santhome Higher Secondary School, Mylapore, and graduated from the The New College, Chennai. Munavar Basha was the student union leader in New College.
Munavar Basha is an orator, writer and a social worker. He started the old age home, Annai Illam in Mylapore. He is the founder and president of Annai Ullam, an old age home in Kodambakkam.[4][5]
Political life
Munavar 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)
Munavar 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
- 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 women and challenged those who tried to conceal no such thing happened . He led a protest to release the assembly video as a proof to show the truth of what happened in assembly.
- 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
- ↑ "MYLAPORE TIMES » Elections 2016: TMC puts up Munawar Basha as its candidate". www.mylaporetimes.com. Retrieved 2016-04-22.
- ↑ "Tamil Maanila Congress Chief GK Vasan Not To Contest Tamil Nadu Elections". NDTV.com. Retrieved 2016-04-22.
- ↑ "Tamil Maanila Congress candidates list released". www.tamilnewsportal.com. Retrieved 2016-04-22.
- ↑ "Camp, competition for elders". The Hindu. 2015-01-04. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2016-04-22.
- ↑ "Cong remembers TMS". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 2016-04-22.