Kanimozhi

Kanimozhi

Kanimozhi Karunanidhi (born 1968 in Chennai) is a politician, poet and journalist. She is a Member of Parliament, representing Tamil Nadu in the Rajya Sabha (the upper house of India's Parliament). Kanimozhi is the daughter of the former chief minister of Tamil Nadu Karunanidhi and his third wife Rajathi Ammal.

Kanimozhi belongs to the Indian Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) political party, where she functions as the chief of the DMK’s wing for Art, Literature and Rationalism and is seen as her father's "literary heir".title=Kanimozhi: A poetess politician in trouble.Her half-brothers M.K. Azhagiri and M. K. Stalin are the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers (India)Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers and the former Deputy Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu respectively.

Kanimozhi was arrested by CBI for her involvement in the 2G spectrum scam in May 2011.