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Aladi Aruna was a politician from India and Law Minister of Tamil Nadu. He was murdered during a routine morning walk in Alangulam in Tirunelveli District.
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Personal life

Aladipatti Arunachalam alias Aladi Aruna M.A,B.L was born in Aladipatti, a village about 30 kilometres from Tirunelveli, to Vaithiyalingam Nadar and Pathirakaaliyammal. His father was a farmer and also owned a provisions store. He was the eldest son in the family with two brothers and two sisters . After his primary school education at the Primary school in Aladipatti ,he completed his high school education from Tirunelveli.He graduated from St.John's College ,Palayamkottai,Tirunelveli.During this period, he won the State-level intercollegiate oratorical competition held in Pachaiyappa's college ,Chennai.He also held a Master's degree in Arts and a Bachelor's degree in Law.

He was married to Kamala with whom he had five sons and a daughter.[1] He visited U.S.S.R. to participate in the 'Conference of Peace and Solidarity Council; held in Moscow in 1972.[citation needed]
Political career

Though born into a family that traditionally held the priestdom of the famous Vaithiyalingasamy Kovil in Aladipatti ,he was strongly influenced by the rationalist movement spearheaded by Periyar and greatly enchanted with the silver tongued oratory of Arignar Anna and Kalaignar Karunanidhi.These influences soon became his guiding forces and he entered the political movement even as a young student and actively participated in the now historic "Anti Hindi movement ".(His book "Hindi Egathipathiyam" is considered a treatise on the movement)

He started his political career by unsuccessfully contesting in the Assembly elections from Alangulam as a Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) candidate in 1962. He was later elected to the Assembly on two occasions in 1967 and 1971 as a DMK candidate.He was greatly responsible for the organisation of Cooperatives for the beedi workers during this period.

He later joined the Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam and was elected to the Lok Sabha ,from Tirunelveli and later M. G. Ramachandran nominated him to the Rajya Sabha from Tamil Nadu in 1984.He also served as the leader of the AIADMK in the Rajya Sabha .During this tenure, he served as a member of the Joint Parliament Committee that probed the Bofors scandal.He raised a dissent Note on the report of the Joint Parliamentary Committee which examined the Bofors Scam,which was a death-knell to the Rajiv Government and Congress party.[2]

After the death of Shri.M.G.Ramachandran ,he rejoined the DMK and was appointed its spokesperson .He was the first person to hold office as spokesperson in the DMK. He became a Law Minister of Tamil Nadu after winning the assembly election contesting as a DMK candidate in 1996.[1] He was instrumental in the establishment of the Law University in Chennai and setting up the High Court branch in Madurai.
DMK

He was expelled from DMK party for alleged anti-party activities.[3] He accused the party of sidelining those who oppose M. K. Stalin emerging as a potential candidate for Chief Minister. He also said that Stalin was unfit to become Chief Minister or lead the party headed by stalwarts such as C. N. Annadurai and M. Karunanidhi.[4]
Books

Aladi Aruna was one of the foremost Dravidian writers in English.He has authored several books in English and Tamil. He has written several books on varied topics.[1] Unfederal Features of the Indian Constitution is notable among his books.[5] He was the editor of weekly "Ennam" .[citation needed]

His other works include, Hindi Egathipathiyam (இந்தி ஏகாதிபத்தியம்), Aladi Aruna Sirukathaigal(ஆலடி அருணா சிறுகதைகள்) and Kamarajar oru vazhikatti(காமராஜர் ஒரு வழிகாட்டி).[citation needed]
Death

Aladi Aruna was murdered during a morning walk near Alangulam in Tirunelveli district on 31 December 2004. His friend R. Ponraj who also accompanied him was killed and Socrates, TASMAC bar attendant from Aladipatti survived the attack.[1]

According to police, Aruna was attacked by a gang instructed by his friend and local educationist S. A. Raja, with whom he had fallen out over setting up of educational institutions in the southern districts of Tamil Nadu. Raja was arrested in January 2005 but was bailed by the Supreme Court in July 2006.

Two of the accused, Balamurugan and Azhagar, were convicted in Tirunelveli principal sessions court and sentenced to death in April 2008. A third, Veldurai, was convicted for a violation of the Arms Act and sentenced to three years in prison. Six others were acquitted, including Raja