A. Namassivayam

A Namassivayam
Minister of Home Affairs Government of Puducherry
Incumbent
Assumed office 8 May 2021
Chief Minister	N. Rangaswamy
Preceded by	V. Narayanasamy
Minister of Sports and Youth affairs Government of Puducherry
Incumbent
Assumed office 8 May 2021
Chief Minister	N. Rangaswamy
Preceded by	Malladi Krishna Rao
Member Of Legislative Assembly Puducherry
Incumbent
Assumed office 2 May 2021
Preceded by	T. P. R. Selvame
Constituency	Mannadipet
In office 2016–2021
Succeeded by	R. Siva
Constituency	Villianur
In office 2011–2016
Preceded by	J. Narayanasamy
Constituency	Villianur
In office 2006–2011
Succeeded by	N.G. Pannirselvam
Constituency	Ozhukarai
In office 2001–2006
Preceded by	K. Natarajan
Constituency	Ozhukarai
Personal details
Born	Pondichéry, French India (now Puducherry, India)
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Other political affiliations	Former parties: Indian National Congress Tamil Maanila Congress Puducherry Makkal Congress Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Arumugam Namassivayam is an Indian politician from the Bharatiya Janata Party. He is current Home Minister of Puducherry. He also serving as minister of Sports and Youth affairs in Rangaswamy ministry. He represent Mannadipet in Puducherry Legislative Assembly. ^[1][2][3]

He was the Ex-president of Puducherry Pradesh Congress Committee. On January 25, 2021, he was suspended from the Congress party for his anti-party activities. Following that Namassivayam submitted his MLA resignation letter to the assembly speaker and quit Congress party.^[4][5] He joined Bharathiya Janata Party along with his supporter Theeppainthan on 28 January 2021 in the presence of its national general secretary Arun Singh.^{[citation needed]}