Kadambur C. Raju (born 20 August 1959) is an Indian politician and the member of Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly from the Kovilpatti constituency.
[1] He was initially deselected from contesting the seat in the 2016 elections, with then AIADMK General Secretary J. Jayalalithaa preferring to let K. Ramanujam Ganesh stand.
However, when it was understood that the experienced Vaiko was to stand there for the People's Welfare Front, Jayalalithaa chose to reinstate Raju because he was a more potent electoral force than Ganesh.
[5] Although Sasikala did become party leader in early February, and Panneerselvam resigned as Chief Minister, she was not formally appointed to the office at the time of her conviction for criminal offences that effectively thwarted her ambitions.
[6][7] In April 2017 he was one of three AIADMK ministers against whom police filed a First Information Report after allegations of obstructing officials who were conducting raids related to income tax.