Wikipedia:L. Murugan

L. Murugan (born 29 May 1977) is a politician and lawyer from Tamil Nadu. He is currently serving as the president of the Tamil Nadu unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He was appointed to this position on the 11th of March, 2020 by the national president of the Bharatiya Janata Party, J. P. Nadda.

Early and Personal Life
L. Murugan is proficient in Tamil, English and Telugu languages. He was born in 1977 in a Telugu-speaking Arunthathiyar family in Paramathi town of Namakkal district. He is a lawyer by profession and has an experience of more than 15 years practicing law. He is a practicing lawyer in Madras High Court. Murugan is a Master of Laws from Madras University. he also has a bachelor's degree in Intellectual property from Dr. Ambedkar Government Law College in Chennai. Earlier, he has served as the Vice Chairman of the National Commission for Scheduled Castes between 2017 and 2020.

Political Career
L. Murugan was an active member of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh’s student wing while he was still in college. He has fought a total of four elections till date. Murugan unsuccessfully contested the 2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election from Rasipuram constituency, garnering 1730 votes, that was just 1.07% of the total vote share. In the 2021 state assembly election, he contested from Dharapuram constituency where he lost to DMK's Kayalvizhi N by a slender margin of 1393 votes.