This Union Minister's Parents Continue To Work As Farmers, Graze Cattle

Dr L Murugan's elderly mother continues to clear weeds in the fields along with other labourers while his father takes out the sheep for grazing.

Dr L Murugan was appointed as a Union Minister of State when Prime Minister Narendra Modi overhauled and expanded his Cabinet earlier this month. But his dramatic rise up the political ladder has had no effect on his parents who live in Konur village - 15 km from Namakkal town in Tamil Nadu. His elderly mother Varudammal continues to clear weeds in the fields along with other labourers while his father Loganatham takes out the sheep for grazing. They have no plans of travelling to Delhi and are happy to work and earn their livelihood. Along a narrow street, the couple's humble house stands out with a BJP flag fluttering on a pole on the roof. Dr Murugan had studied in the village school and later shifted to the district's Paramathi town for higher studies before moving to Chennai to pursue a degree in law.