Thiru R.S.RAJAKANNAPPAN
Honourable Minister for Higher Education and Backward Classes Welfare
Raja Kannappan, formerly known as S. Kannappan, is an Indian Tamil Politician and Minister of Higher Education and Backward Classes Welfare Department Act Currently. He served as minister of Public Works during 1991–1996.
He later founded the Makkal Tamil Desam (MTD) party.
The MTD contested the 2001 election as a junior partner in the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) led front. In 2006, Kannappan dissolved his party and joined the DMK. He contested and won the 2006 election from the Ilaiyangudi constituency as a DMK candidate.