Candidate Name	எல். முருகன்
State	Tamil Nadu
Party	Bhartiya Janata Party
Constituency	Nilgiris(SC)
Candidate Current Position	Minister of State

Loganathan Murugan is an Indian politician and advocate currently serving as Minister of State in the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying and Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. On 7 July 2021, he was made a Union Minister of State prior to which he was the state president of the Tamil Nadu unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party.
 
Educational Qualification:
 
Murugan did his law degree at Tamil Nadu Dr. Ambedkar Law College, Chennai and got his master's degree and PhD at University of Madras. Inspired by Hindutva ideology during his college days in 1997, he joined the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad,[10] and later the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh. He has practiced law for at least 15 years also serving as the Standing Counsel to the Government of India at Madras High Court. As a lawyer He has appeared in various cases on behalf of the BJP.
 
Political Career:
 
Murugan served as the national general secretary of the scheduled caste division of the RSS while he was in the RSS.
 
In the 2011 Tamil Nadu Assembly elections, he contested from the Rasipuram seat on a BJP ticket but got only 1800 votes. He served as the in charge of Kerala for some time. He served as the vice-chairman of the National Commission for Scheduled Castes from 2017 to 2020.Murugan later resigned his post in the NCSC before one year of his term's end and met senior BJP leaders.
 
He contested the 2021 Tamil Nadu assembly elections from Dharapuram and lost to DMK's N. Kayalvizhi by 1,393 votes.
 
Central Minister:
 
On 7 July 2021, Murugan was sworn in as the Minister of State in the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying and Ministry of Information and Broadcasting during the Cabinet reshuffle.
 
Loksabha candidate:
 
Murugan is a South Nilgiri BJP candidate for 2024 loksabha and he opposed A Raja, DMK candidate.