A. Johnkumar

A. Johnkumar is an Indian businessman and politician from Nellithope, Puducherry.
Political career.
Johnkumar represented the Nellithope constituency of Puducherry and is a member of the Indian National Congress party. In 2016 Puducherry Legislative Assembly election, he defeated Om Sakthi Sekar of AIADMK in Nellithope by a huge margin. He was appointed as the Parliamentary Secretary to the Puducherry Chief Minister. Followed by his resignation on his constituency in the legislative Assembly to enable Chief Minister V. Narayanasamy contest a by-election before the deadline and become a member of the territorial assembly, he was appointed as Special Representative of Puducherry administration in New Delhi in January 2017.
In 2019, JohnKumar contested and won the assembly by-election from Kamaraj Nagar constituency as a Congress candidate in Puducherry by a huge margin.
On February 16, 2021 he resigned from his MLA post because lack of interest with Congress government and the chief minister. He later joined BJP.
Legal cases.
A chargesheet was filed against A John Kumar in a local court by Assistant Public Prosecutor for alleged suppression of information about his property in his affidavit when he contested the 2019 by-election from Kamaraj Nagar constituency and later won it.
An FIR was registered earlier on the directions of Chief Judicial Magistrate in 2020 a complaint which alleged that John Kumar had not shown a property of more than two hectare land he purchased at Thirukkanur in his affidavit in 2019. This is because no FIR was filed by the police station on the same complaint on 2019.