22 Facts About Kanimozhi

Kanimozhi Karunanidhi was born on 5 January 1968 and is an Indian politician, poet and journalist.

Kanimozhi is a Member of Parliament, representing Thoothukkudi constituency in the Lok Sabha, the lower house of Parliament of India.

Kanimozhi was a former MP who represented Tamil Nadu in the Rajya Sabha.

Kanimozhi is the daughter of the former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu M Karunanidhi and his third wife Rajathi Ammal.

Kanimozhi belongs to the Indian political party Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, where she functions as the deputy general secretary.

Kanimozhi was born in Chennai to M Karunanidhi, the former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, and Rajathi Ammal.

Kanimozhi was a student of Presentation Convent, Church Park, in Chennai, and later completed her master's degree in economics from Ethiraj College for Women, Chennai.

Kanimozhi resigned her Rajya Sabha MP post on 29 May 2019 after being elected to 17th Lok Sabha.

Kanimozhi takes part in organising women empowerment programs and is interested in the welfare of differently abled people and transgender people.

In 2007, Kanimozhi conceived the idea of the Chennai Sangamam, an annual open Tamil cultural festival, usually held during the Pongal season.

Kanimozhi has worked on a production titled Silappadikaram, A woman of Substance based on a Tamil epic of the same name with Bombay Jayashri.

Kanimozhi has been married twice; firstly in 1989 to Athiban Bose, a businessman from Sivakasi, and then to G Aravindan, a Singapore-based Tamil writer, in 1997.

Kanimozhi became a Rajya Sabha member for the second time in 2013.

Kanimozhi was the chief whip of the DMK in the house and was the leader of DMK in the Upper house.

Kanimozhi was elected from Thoothukkudi as the first female MP of that constituency for the 17th Lok Sabha, which was held in the year 2019, and was elected as the DMK's deputy leader of the Lok Sabha.

Kanimozhi is the president of The Hindu National Press employees union.

Kanimozhi is the first woman to be elected to that post.

Kanimozhi was the women's wing secretary of the DMK party and encourages women to enter politics.

Kanimozhi has organised training camps for the district-level office-bearers of the women's wing.

Kanimozhi organised a rally in Delhi, demanding that the women's reservation bill be passed by the parliament.

CBI alleged that Kanimozhi was an "active brain" behind the channel's operations and she worked along with former telecom minister A Raja to get DB Realty promoter Shahid Balwa to circuitously route 2 billion to Kalaignar TV.

Kanimozhi was summoned by the Income Tax Department, Chennai for alleged tax evasion charges.