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Anitha R. Radhakrishnan is an Indian politician. He was a member of Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam party in Tamil Nadu and was expelled from the party on alleged anti-party activities on 30 July 2009. He was also former Minister for Animal Husbandry and Minister for Housing & Urban Development from during the ADMK rule after 2001 election.
After getting expelled from AIADMK, he was invited by the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam and subsequently joined them. Even though there was an anti-incumbency wave against the DMK, he won the assembly election and became MLA in 2011.
On May 14, 2015, he was suspended by the DMK after he and A. Soundara Pandian greeted AIADMK leader Jayalalithaa after she was acquitted in the disproportionate asset case against her.
In 2016 Assembly elections Anitha R. Radhakrishnan won in Tiruchendur Constituency against AIADMK Candidate Sarath Kumar.