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# 2011 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I – Pool A

Group A of the 2011 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I was one of four pools in the Europe/Africa zone of the 2011 Fed Cup. Three teams competed in a round robin competition, with the top team and the bottom team proceeding to their respective sections of the play-offs: the top team played for advancement to the World Group II Play-offs, while the bottom team faced potential relegation to Group II.
| | | SUI | GBR | DEN | RR W–L | Set W–L | Game W–L | Standings |
| 19 | Switzerland | | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 8–4 | 64–37 | 1 |
| 31 | Great Britain | 1–2 | | 2–1 | 1–1 | 6–7 | 50–51 | 2 |
| 39 | Denmark | 1–2 | 1–2 | | 0–2 | 5–8 | 48–63 | 3 |

## Switzerland vs. Great Britain

| Switzerland 2 | Municipal Tennis Club, Eilat, Israel February 2, 2011 Hard (outdoors) | Municipal Tennis Club, Eilat, Israel February 2, 2011 Hard (outdoors) | Great Britain 1 |
| 1 2 3 1 Timea Bacsinszky Heather Watson 6 1 6 3     2 Patty Schnyder Anne Keothavong 6 1 6 2     3 Timea Bacsinszky / Amra Sadiković Jocelyn Rae / Heather Watson 4 6 3 6 ||||

## Switzerland vs. Denmark

| Switzerland 2 | Municipal Tennis Club, Eilat, Israel February 3, 2011 Hard (outdoors) | Municipal Tennis Club, Eilat, Israel February 3, 2011 Hard (outdoors) | Denmark 1 |
| 1 2 3 1 Timea Bacsinszky Karen Barbat 6 0 6 1     2 Patty Schnyder Caroline Wozniacki 3 6 3 6     3 Timea Bacsinszky / Patty Schnyder Mai Grage / Caroline Wozniacki 6 3 6 2 ||||

## Denmark vs. Great Britain

| Denmark 1 | Municipal Tennis Club, Eilat, Israel February 4, 2011 Hard (outdoors) | Municipal Tennis Club, Eilat, Israel February 4, 2011 Hard (outdoors) | Great Britain 2 |
| 1 2 3 1 Karen Barbat Heather Watson 0 6 1 6     2 Caroline Wozniacki Anne Keothavong 6 0 6 2     3 Mai Grage / Caroline Wozniacki Jocelyn Rae / Heather Watson 7 5 5 7 5 7 ||||
# 1992 Federation Cup Asia/Oceania Zone – Pool A

Group A of the 1992 Federation Cup Asia/Oceania Zone was one of two pools in the Asia/Oceania zone of the 1992 Federation Cup. Four teams competed in a round robin competition, with the top two teams advancing to the knockout stage.
| | KOR | PHI | IND | MAS | RR W–L | Set W–L | Game W–L | Standings |
| South Korea | | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 18–0 | 108–21 | 1 |
| Philippines | 0–3 | | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 8–6 | 65–63 | 2 |
| India | 0–3 | 0–3 | | 3–0 | 1–2 | 6–12 | 67–79 | 3 |
| Malaysia | 0–3 | 0–2 | 0–3 | | 0–3 | 0–14 | 12–89 | 4 |

## South Korea vs. Philippines

| South Korea 3 | National Tennis Centre, Colombo, Sri Lanka 4 May 1992 Clay (outdoors) | National Tennis Centre, Colombo, Sri Lanka 4 May 1992 Clay (outdoors) | Philippines 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Kim Il-soon Francesca La'O 6 0 6 0     2 Park Sung-hee Jennifer Saret 6 2 6 3     3 Kim Il-soon / Lee Jeong-myung Francesca La'O / Jennifer Saret 6 2 6 3 ||||

## India vs. Malaysia

| India 3 | National Tennis Centre, Colombo, Sri Lanka 4 May 1992 Clay (outdoors) | National Tennis Centre, Colombo, Sri Lanka 4 May 1992 Clay (outdoors) | Malaysia 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Aradhana Reddy Kim Cheah-sui 6 2 6 1     2 Janaki Krishnamoorthy Lee Tze-may 6 1 6 1     3 Janaki Krishnamoorthy / Nirupama Vaidyanathan Shak Ku-maizan / Kim Cheah-sui 6 0 6 0 ||||

## South Korea vs. Malaysia

| South Korea 3 | National Tennis Centre, Colombo, Sri Lanka 5 May 1992 Clay (outdoors) | National Tennis Centre, Colombo, Sri Lanka 5 May 1992 Clay (outdoors) | Malaysia 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Kim Yeon-sook Lee Tze-may 6 0 6 0     2 Park Sung-hee Kim Cheah-sui 6 2 6 0     3 Kim Il-soon / Lee Jeong-myung Shak Ku-maizan / Kim Cheah-sui 6 0 6 0 ||||

## Philippines vs. India

| Philippines 3 | National Tennis Centre, Colombo, Sri Lanka 5 May 1992 Clay (outdoors) | National Tennis Centre, Colombo, Sri Lanka 5 May 1992 Clay (outdoors) | India 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Francesca La'O Janaki Krishnamoorthy 6 3 7$^{10}$ 6$^8$     2 Jennifer Saret Nirupama Vaidyanathan 7$^7$ 6$^4$ 6 0     3 Francesca La'O / Jennifer Saret Aradhana Reddy / Nirupama Vaidyanathan 6 3 6 4 ||||

## South Korea vs. India

| South Korea 3 | National Tennis Centre, Colombo, Sri Lanka 6 May 1992 Clay (outdoors) | National Tennis Centre, Colombo, Sri Lanka 6 May 1992 Clay (outdoors) | India 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Kim Yeon-sook Aradhana Reddy 6 3 6 2     2 Park Sung-hee Janaki Krishnamoorthy 6 0 6 1     3 Kim Il-soon / Lee Jeong-myung Janaki Krishnamoorthy / Nirupama Vaidyanathan 6 3 6 0 ||||

## Philippines vs. Malaysia

| Philippines 2 | National Tennis Centre, Colombo, Sri Lanka 6 May 1992 Clay (outdoors) | National Tennis Centre, Colombo, Sri Lanka 6 May 1992 Clay (outdoors) | Malaysia 0 |
| 1 2 3 1 Francesca La'O Shak Ku-maizan 6 1 6 2     2 Jennifer Saret Kim Cheah-sui 5 2      retired 3          not played ||||
# Jonas Woodward

Jonas Woodward (1810? – 13 June 1881) was a New Zealand businessman, educationalist, politician, congregational leader and public trustee. He was born in London, England and baptised on 29 April 1810. He represented the City of Wellington electorate on the Wellington Provincial Council from October 1855 to August 1857, and the Wellington Country electorate from August 1859 to February 1865. At various times between 1857 and 1861, he was a member of the Wellington Executive Council. He is buried at Bolton Street Memorial Park, and his grave is part of the memorial trail.
Woodward Street in central Wellington is named in his honour.
# Stirrup Iron Creek

Stirrup Iron Creek is a tributary to Crabtree Creek that rises near Brassfield, North Carolina and then flows south-southeast into Lake Crabtree. The watershed is about 31% forested.
# Sinchon station (Gyeongui Line)

Sinchon station is a station on the Gyeongui–Jungang Line. It was opened as a train station in 1921 and Seoul Metro traffic commenced in 2009.

## Vicinity

* Exit 2 : access to the Hyundai Department Store U-plex Sinchon.
It is close to Sogang University station, and there are about 6 Starbucks coffee shops near Sinchon station.
# Pennamaquan River

The Pennamaquan River is a short, 8.1-mile (13 km) river in the U.S. state of Maine, draining from medium-sized, low-elevation Pennamaquan Lake into Cobscook Bay.

## Course

The river begins at the outlet of Pennamaquan Lake, which is located about 3.4 miles (5.5 km) northwest of Pembroke. The river flows southeast for about 3.3 miles (5.3 km) before turning briefly south for about 1.4 miles (2.3 km) before entering Cobscook Bay.

## Tributaries
### Of Pennamaquan Lake

* Taylor Brook
* Moosehorn Brook
* Round Lake
* Ohio Brook

### Of the main river

* Crow Brook
# Otmar Striedinger

Otmar Striedinger (born 14 April 1991) is an Austrian World Cup alpine ski racer.
Born in Villach, Carinthia, Striedinger made his World Cup debut in November 2010 at Lake Louise, Canada. He attained his first World Cup podium in December 2013, a second place in Super-G at Beaver Creek, US.

## World Cup results
### Season standings

| Season | Age | Overall | Slalom | Giant slalom | Super-G | Downhill | Combined |
| 2013 | 21 | 110 | — | — | — | 43 | — |
| 2014 | 22 | 33 | — | — | 7 | 22 | — |
| 2015 | 23 | 37 | — | — | 14 | 24 | — |
| 2016 | 24 | 60 | — | — | 37 | 24 | — |
| 2017 | 25 | 118 | — | — | 40 | 50 | — |
| 2018 | 26 | 109 | — | — | — | 34 | — |
| 2019 | 27 | 43 | — | — | 50 | 11 | — |
| 2020 | 28 | 78 | — | — | — | 23 | — |
| 2021 | 29 | 47 | — | — | — | 7 | — |
| 2022 | 30 | 45 | — | — | 52 | 13 | — |
| 2023 | 31 | 39 | — | — | 49 | 13 | — |
    Standings through 2 February 2023

### Race podiums

* 0 wins
* 5 podiums – (4 DH, 1 SG); 19 top tens
| Season | Date | Location | Discipline | Place |
| 2014 | 7 Dec 2013 | Beaver Creek, USA | Super-G | 2nd |
| 2019 | 25 Jan 2019 | Kitzbühel, Austria | Downhill | 3rd |
| 2019 | 13 Mar 2019 | Soldeu, Andorra | Downhill | 3rd |
| 2021 | 13 Dec 2020 | Val d'Isere, France | Downhill | 2nd |
| 2022 | 18 Dec 2021 | Val Gardena, Italy | Downhill | 2nd |

## World Championship results

| Year | Age | Slalom | Giant slalom | Super-G | Downhill | Combined |
| 2015 | 23 | — | — | 24 | — | DNF1 |
| 2019 | 27 | — | — | — | 31 | — |
| 2021 | 29 | — | — | — | 19 | — |

## Olympic results

| Year | Age | Slalom | Giant slalom | Super-G | Downhill | Combined |
| 2014 | 22 | — | — | 5 | — | 21 |
# Sophie Sorschag

Sophie Sorschag (born 14 November 1998) is an Austrian-born naturalized Kosovan ski jumper.

## Career

Sorschag played football in her youth and was a midfielder for SK Grafendorf/Obergailtal, before she switched to the ski jumpers. On 7 and 8 August 2016, she started for the first time in two competitions in Klingenthal in the Alpen Cup, where she finished 33rd and 29th. As a result, she started more times at Alpen Cups in Germany, Austria and Slovenia. On 24 and 25 February 2018, she also competed in the FIS Cup for the first time in Villach, where she finished 29th and 28th. On 19 and 20 January 2019, Sorschag made her debut in the Continental Cup in Planica, where she achieved a podium finish and Continental Cup points with a third and seventh place. In the end, she finished the season in eleventh place overall and sixth in the winter rankings.
In 2021, together with Daniela Iraschko-Stolz, Chiara Hölzl and Marita Kramer, she won the gold medal in the team race on the normal hill at the World Championships in Oberstdorf.
On 8 November 2022, Sorschag announced that she would no longer represent Austria because she had been excluded from the Austrian Ski Association in the summer. The Austrian Ski Association contradicted this saying Sorschag herself had submitted an application for a change of nation. On 19 January 2023, The Kosovo Ski Federation announced that Sorschag had decided to represent their country. Six days later, she signed the contract enabling her to represent Kosovo. On 3 April 2023, The Kosovo Olympic Committee announced that she had received Kosovo citizenship and is ready for the 2026 Winter Olympics.
# Pequannock River

The Pequannock River is a tributary of the Pompton River, approximately 20 miles (32 km) long, located in northern New Jersey in the United States.
It rises in eastern Sussex County, near Highland Lakes on the north side of Hamburg Mountain. It flows southeast to Stockholm, then east-southeast, in a gap north of Green Pond Mountain and other ridges, past Butler and Bloomingdale. It joins the Ramapo River at Pompton Plains in Pequannock Township to form the Pompton.
In its upper course, it forms part of the county line between Passaic and Morris counties.
It is impounded near its source to form the Oak Ridge Reservoir. The river is relatively unspoiled compared to other rivers in the region. It is a popular spot for recreation trout fishing in its upper reaches. Fishing, hunting, and other recreational uses of the river and watershed are controlled by the City of Newark's Division of Watershed Development, which requires permits for all such uses.
The Pequannock watershed is the source of most of Newark's water supply. The lands and water were purchased under the mayoralty of Joseph E. Haynes.

## Tributaries

* Apshawa
* Wanaque River
# Pequest River

The Pequest River is a 35.7-mile-long (57.5 km) tributary of the Delaware River in the Skylands Region in northwestern New Jersey in the United States.
The Pequest, Native American for "open land," drains an area of 162.62 square miles (421.2 km$^2$) across Sussex and Warren counties, consisting of ten municipalities.

## Course

The Pequest starts at Stickles Pond, Newton in Sussex County and flows southward through Springdale and Huntsville, about 3.5 miles (5.6 km), where it starts to turn southwest. It passes through a tunnel under the Pequest Fill, built in 1911 by the Delaware, Lackawanna, and Western Railroad as part of the mammoth Lackawanna Cut-Off project.
Flowing through Tranquility, it runs along the northwestern side of the Allamuchy Mountain ridge near Allamuchy, where it meets Trout Brook.
It now joins Bear Creek in Bear Swamp and passes through the reclaimed swampy area known as the Great Meadows, lying between the ridges of Jenny Jump Mountain and Cat Swamp Mountain. Shades Of Death Road runs along the foot of Jenny Jump Mountain on the north side of the valley here. Some of the land here was drained for cultivation by excavation and clearing of the Pequest and its tributaries. It exits the Great Meadows in a long loop through the gap between Cat Swamp Mountain and Danville Mountain and resumes its course along the southeastern side of Mount Mohepinoke, entering the Pequest Wildlife Management Area. Furnace Brook empties into it as it descends into a small gorge cut between Mt. Mohepinoke and an outlying spur of the Scotts Mountain massif. It turns west, and Mountain Lake Brook enters the stream just above Buttzville, where it exists the Pequest WMA. It passes west through Bridgeville, turns slightly towards the north, and meets Beaver Brook as it turns southwest again. It tumbles down to Belvidere in a series of falls, where it meets the Delaware River.

## Tributaries

* Beaver Brook
* Mountain Lake Brook
* Furnace Brook
* Bear Creek
* Trout Brook
# Pigeon River (Mullett Lake)

The Pigeon River is part of the Lake Huron watershed in Michigan in the United States. It is one of many rivers that have their headwaters in Otsego County. The Pigeon River's headwaters start just north and east of Gaylord, Michigan, at the Otsego Club and Resort. From there the river flows north 47.4 miles (76.3 km) through private land and the Pigeon River Country State Forest to Mullett Lake.
Much of the Pigeon River is classified by the Michigan Department Natural Resources (DNR) as a blue ribbon trout stream with special fishing regulations to conserve and enhance the trout fishery. The Pigeon is also a designated Natural River with special regulations regarding development along its banks.

## Name

The Pigeon River was named for the huge flocks of passenger pigeons that nested in and migrated through the area, before the species became extinct, primarily due to over-hunting.

## Dam failures

There is one dam on the Pigeon located approximately one mile upstream from Sturgeon Valley Road. The original dam was an earth and log structure constructed by a private hunting and fishing club in the early to mid 20th century to create a pond called the Lansing Club pond. This dam failed in the late 1950s, washing accumulated sediment downstream, harming fish and insect populations and habitat. Another concrete dam was built, this one able to use the hydropower to generate electricity. Golden Lotus Inc. bought the property from the club and set up a retreat called Song Of The Morning Ranch (SOM). They used the dam to provide electricity.
In 1984 SOM conducted planned drawdown of the pond in order to perform maintenance work on the dam. During this drawdown, there was another dam failure, resulting in a massive sediment discharge for several days. The discharge caused a massive fish kill immediately, and destroyed critical fish and insect habitat for many years. In an ensuing court case, Golden Lotus maintained that they'd been following standard procedures under DNR supervision.
Stricter regulations were placed on the dam operation at that point.
Another dam failure, the third in 75 years, occurred in 2008. A heavy rainstorm resulted in another large sediment release from the pond, with another massive fish and habitat kill.
# Pigg River

The Pigg River is a river in south-west Virginia in the United States. It is a tributary of the Roanoke River, which flows to the Atlantic Ocean via Albemarle Sound.
The Pigg River rises on Fivemile Mountain in western Franklin County and flows generally eastwardly through Franklin and Pittsylvania Counties, past the town of Rocky Mount. It joins the Roanoke River from the south (along a section of the Roanoke often known locally as the Staunton River) as part of the Leesville Reservoir, which is formed by a dam on the Roanoke.
Recently, several dams across the Pigg River have been removed. In 2017, the 100 year old power dam at Rocky Mount was breached to restore the historic flow and to improve the habitat of the Roanoke logperch, an endangered species. Other dams removed recently include the dam near the Rocky Mount Veterans Memorial Park in 2013, and the Wasena dam in 2009.
The river is named for John Pigg, an early settler from Amelia County, Virginia, who in 1741 acquired 400 acres of land through which the unnamed river passed.
# Pine Creek (Mississippi River tributary)

Pine Creek is a 23.7-mile-long (38.1 km) tributary of the Mississippi River in Winona and Houston counties, Minnesota, United States. Pine Creek joins the Mississippi southeast of La Crescent, Minnesota, directly across from La Crosse, Wisconsin.

## History

Pine Creek was named for the white pine trees near its banks. There is also a South Fork Pine Creek that flows into Pine Creek. Pine Creek flows through the city of New Hartford, Minnesota. This Pine Creek is in the eastern end of Winona County and should not be confused with Pine Creek (Rush Creek tributary) in the western region of the county.
# Pine Creek (Rock River tributary)

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Pine Creek is a short tributary of the Rock River that flows through western Ogle County in the U.S. state of Illinois.

## Course

Pine Creek rises where several stream branches come together south of Illinois Route 64. The creek then flows 17 miles (27 km) to the south to join the Rock River between Grand Detour and Dixon. The stream's upper miles flow through mostly pasture land until 7 miles downstream Pine Creek enters White Pines Forest State Park.

## State park

Beginning a few miles upstream from the park Pine Creek begins winding through glacial ridges and then enters White Pines State Park. For almost a half mile through the park the creek winds through steep valleys and its banks are lined by tall bluffs. The large rock and cliff formations provide habitat to plants ranging from large trees to moss to hanging vines. The cliffs harbor such rare plants as Canada yew and sullivantia (family Saxifragaceae), an Illinois state-threatened species.
# Pine River (Chippewa River tributary)

The Pine River is a 103-mile-long (166 km) river in the Lower Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. The Pine River is a tributary of the Chippewa River and is thus part of the Saginaw River drainage basin.
The river rises in Wheatland Township in southeast Mecosta County at 43°35′09″N 85°08′34″W﻿ / ﻿43.58583°N 85.14278°W﻿ / 43.58583; -85.14278﻿ (Pine River (source)). It flows southeast into southwest Isabella County. It turns south through northeast Montcalm County and Gratiot County, where it turns to the northeast, continuing through the cities of Alma and St. Louis. It enters Midland County and joins the Chippewa River at 43°36′06″N 84°17′33″W﻿ / ﻿43.60167°N 84.29250°W﻿ / 43.60167; -84.29250﻿ (Pine River (mouth)) approximately two miles before the Chippewa joins the Tittabawassee River on the west side of the city of Midland.
The river was contaminated by the Michigan Chemical Corporation (later Velsicol Chemical Corporation) in St. Louis and has been subject to extensive clean-up efforts.

## Tributaries and features

* (left) Sucker Creek
* (left) Bush Creek
** (right) Taylor Drain
** (left) Rook Drain
* (left) Horse Creek
* (right) Sugar Creek
* (right) Honeyoey Creek
** (left) Coles Creek
*** Peterman Lake
** Madison Lake
* (left) Newark and Arcadia Drain
* (left) Carpenter Creek
* (left) Twin Lake
* (left) Robbins Lake
* (left) Deaner Lake
* (right) Mud Creek
** (left) Bass Lake Drain
* (right) North Branch Pine River
** (left) Cedar Drain
** (right) Thatcher Creek
* (left) Wolf Creek
** (right) Offnear Lake
** (left) Cedar Lake
*** (right) Marl Lake
* (left) Skunk Creek
* (left) South Branch Pine River
** Blanchard Millpond
*** (left) Decker Creek
*** (right) Jewel Creek
* (right) Pony Creek
** (left) Halls Lake
** (right) Big Eldred Lake
*** Little Eldred Lake
* (left) Miller Creek
** Meeker Lake
* Pine Lake

## Drainage basin

* Gratiot County
** City of Alma
** Arcada Township
** Bethany Township
** Emerson Township
** New Haven Township
** Newark Township
** Pine River Township
** City of St. Louis
** Seville Township
** Sumner Township
** Wheeler Township
* Isabella County
** Broomfield Township
** Fremont Township
** Lincoln Township
** Rolland Township
* Mecosta County
** Millbrook Township
** Wheatland Township
* Midland County
** Homer Township
** Jasper Township
** Lee Township
** Mount Haley Township
** Porter Township
* Montcalm County
** Richland Township
** Ferris Township
** Home Township
# Pine River (Mississippi River tributary)

The Pine River is a 56.9-mile-long (91.6 km) tributary of the Mississippi River in northern Minnesota, United States.
It rises in Cass County at the outlet of Pine Mountain Lake, southeast of Backus, and takes a winding route generally southeast. It passes the city of Pine River and flows into Crow Wing County, where it enters Upper and then Lower Whitefish Lake, followed by Rush Lake and Cross Lake. The river continues to wind southeast, passing through Crow Wing State Forest and entering the Mississippi 6.5 miles (10.5 km) northwest of Ironton.
Pine River is an English translation of the Ojibwe language name.
# Cerro Paranal

Cerro Paranal is a mountain in the Atacama Desert of northern Chile and is the home of the Paranal Observatory. Prior to the construction of the observatory, the summit was a horizontal control point with an elevation of 2,664 m (8,740 ft); now it is 2,635 m (8,645 ft) above sea level. It is the site of the Very Large Telescope and the VLT Survey Telescope. It is located 120 km (75 mi) south of Antofagasta and 80 km (50 mi) north of Taltal, as well as 15 km (9.3 mi) inland and 5 km (3.1 mi) west of highway B-710.

## Gallery

* Milky Way pictured above Cerro Paranal
* Zodiacal Light seen from Paranal
# A. lautus

A. lautus may refer to:
* Abacetus lautus, a ground beetle
* Aulacorhamphus lautus or Aulacorhynchus lautus, synonyms of Aulacorhynchus albivitta, the white-throated toucanet, a bird found in South America
# V. Maitreyan

Vasudevan Maitreyan (born 21 November 1955) is an Indian oncologist and politician from All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, He was a member of the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Parliament of India for 3 terms from January 2002 to June 2004 and again from July 2007 to July 2019. He is Organizing Secretary of AIADMK.

## Early life and education

Maitreyan was born to Indian independence activist K. R. Vasudevan and his wife Manga Vasudevan on 21 November 1955 in a Vadagalai Iyengar family. He had his schooling in Madras and graduated in medicine from the Government Medical College, Nagpur. On completion of his graduation, Maitreyan pursued his M. D. in Medical Oncology from the Madras Medical College and did his D. M. in Medical Oncology from the Cancer Institute, Madras University.
Maitreyan practised as an oncologist.

## Political career

Right from his early days, Maitreyan was a member of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS). In 1991, he became an executive member of the Tamil Nadu unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). He served as General Secretary of BJP's Tamil Nadu unit from 1995 to 1997, Vice President from 1997 to 1999 and President for sometime in 1999. After getting suspended for anti-party activities, he resigned from the BJP in July 1999, protesting against the party high command's decision to align with the DMK for the 1999 Lok Sabha Elections and joined the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK).
He was nominated to Rajya Sabha in an interim vacancy in 2002, following the death of Moopanar in the previous year. He was again nominated as Rajyasabha MP twice in 2007 and 2013. He was expelled from the primary membership of the AIADMK party in 2022. He joined BJP on 9 June 2023 and became its national executive committee member in August 2023.
On 12 September 2024, He quit the BJP and rejoined the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam in the presence of its general secretary Edappadi K. Palaniswami. On 28 January 2025, He was appointed as Organizing Secretary of AIADMK.