Former AIADMK MLA Gunasekaran passes away
The Hindu
Former AIADMK MLA S. Gunasekaran of Tiruppur South Assembly constituency dies at 58 after illness.
Former AIADMK MLA of Tiruppur South Assembly constituency, S. Gunasekaran (58), passed away on Monday (June 9, 2025) after a bout of illness.
Known in party circles as a frontline field worker, the late MLA who was serving as State joint secretary of Amma Peravai died without responding to treatment at a private hospital in Coimbatore.
From 2016 to 2011, he was a member of Tiruppur Corporation Council and served as the Deputy Mayor from 2011 to 2016. He was elected as an MLA from Tiruppur South constituency from 2016 to 2021. In the 2021 election, he lost to his DMK rival by a margin of 4,000 votes.
The former MLA’s body was shifted to his residence at Rakkiyapalayam for last rites.
He is survived by his wife, son and a daughter.
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