K. JANA KRISHNAMURTHI :
A PROFILE
Shri K. Jana Krishnamurthi, who has assumed the
office of the Union Minister of Law and Justice following a reshuffle
in the Council of Ministers headed by Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee
on July 1, 2002, is 72 years old. He was born in Madurai city
(Tamil Nadu). He did his schooling from Madurai and graduated
taking Economics as main, History as subsidiary and politics as
special subject. He passed his Law from Law College, Chennai and
successfully practised law in Madurai for 12 years. During his
career as a student he was a recognized orator and participated
in inter collegiate debates and won many prizes. His oratory in
Tamil and English are well known. During Internal Emergency (1975-77)
when civil liberties were suspended, he was Secretary of resistance
movement in Tamil Nadu. He joined Bhartiya Jan Sangh in 1965 and
in 1968 gave up his lucrative law practices and became a full
timer of the Party at the call of Shri Vajpayeeji in the aftermath
of the murder of Pt. Deendayal Upadhyaya. At the formation of
the Bhartiya Janata Party in 1980 he was one of the founder Secretaries
of BJP. In 1983, he became one of the General Secretaries and
from 1985 as Vice-President of the Party. In 1993, he shifted
to Delhi and was made incharge of Intellectual Cell, the Economic,
Defence and Foreign Affairs. From 1995 onwards he was incharge
of Headquarters till recently. He was also the spokesperson of
the Party. His oratory in Tamil and English are well known. He
is an excellent translator from English and Hindi to Tamil and
has translated the speeches of various leaders like Shri Atalji,
Shri Advaniji and others. He is a good writer too. Shri Jana Krishnamurthi
has been a Member of the National Executive of the Bharatiya Janata
Party and till recently the President of the Party before assuming
the charge as Law Minister. He is elected as Member of Parliament
(Rajya Sabha) from Gujarat. His hobby is reading and study of
human nature. He likes music. He is married with two sons and
three daughters, all settled professionally.
