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	\| successor1 = [[P. Wilson]]		\| successor1 = [[P. Wilson]]
	\| constituency1 = [[Tamil Nadu]]		\| constituency1 = [[List of Rajya Sabha members from Tamil Nadu\|Tamil Nadu]]
	\| office2 = Chairperson – Chemicals & Fertilizer Standing Committee		\| office2 = Chairperson – Chemicals & Fertilizer Standing Committee
	\| term_start2 = 13 September 2019		\| term_start2 = 13 September 2019
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	\| leader4 = [[T. R. Baalu]]		\| leader4 = [[T. R. Baalu]]
	\| office5 = ~~Women's Wing Secretary of DMK~~		\| office5 = President – The Hindu Office and National Press Employees’ Union
	\| term_start5 = ~~9 January 2015~~		\| term_start5 = 12 April 2017
	\| term_end5 =		\| term_end5 =
	\| ~~president5~~ = [[M. Karunanidhi]]<br/>[[M. K. Stalin]]		\| predecessor5 = E. Gopal
			\| successor5 =
			\| office6 = Women's Wing Secretary of DMK
			\| term_start6 = 9 January 2015
			\| term_end6 =
			\| president6 = [[M. Karunanidhi]]<br/>[[M. K. Stalin]]
	\| birth_name = Kanimozhi		\| birth_name = Kanimozhi
	\| birth_date = {{Birth date and age\|1968\|01\|05\|df=y}}		\| birth_date = {{Birth date and age\|1968\|01\|05\|df=y}}
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	\| signature = Kanimozhi Signature.svg		\| signature = Kanimozhi Signature.svg
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	'''Kanimozhi''' (born 5 January 1968) is an Indian politician, poet and journalist. She is a [[Member of Parliament]], representing [[Thoothukkudi (Lok Sabha constituency)\|Thoothukkudi constituency]] in the [[Lok Sabha]] (the [[lower house]] of [[Parliament of India\|India's Parliament]]). She was also a former [[Member of Parliament\|MP]], represented [[Tamil Nadu]] in the [[Rajya Sabha]] (the [[upper house]] of [[Parliament of India\|India's Parliament]]).<ref name="rajya">{{cite web\|title=Detailed Profile: Smt. Kanimozhi\|url=http://india.gov.in/govt/rajyasabhampbiodata.php?mpcode=2045 \|publisher=Govt. of India\|access-date=20 December 2010}}</ref> Kanimozhi is the daughter of the former [[List of chief ministers of Tamil Nadu\|Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu]] [[M. Karunanidhi]] and his third wife Rajathi Ammal.		'''Kanimozhi Karunanidhi''' (born 5 January 1968) is an Indian politician, poet and journalist. She is a [[Member of Parliament]], representing [[Thoothukkudi (Lok Sabha constituency)\|Thoothukkudi constituency]] in the [[Lok Sabha]] (the [[lower house]] of [[Parliament of India\|India's Parliament]]). She was also a former [[Member of Parliament\|MP]], represented [[Tamil Nadu]] in the [[Rajya Sabha]] (the [[upper house]] of [[Parliament of India\|India's Parliament]]).<ref name="rajya">{{cite web\|title=Detailed Profile: Smt. Kanimozhi\|url=http://india.gov.in/govt/rajyasabhampbiodata.php?mpcode=2045 \|publisher=Govt. of India\|access-date=20 December 2010}}</ref> Kanimozhi is the daughter of the former [[List of chief ministers of Tamil Nadu\|Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu]] [[M. Karunanidhi]] and his third wife Rajathi Ammal.

	Kanimozhi belongs to the Indian political party [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]] (DMK), 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".<ref name="sify"/> Her half-brothers [[M. K. Alagiri]] and [[M. K. Stalin]] are the former [[Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers\|Union Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers]] and the [[Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu]] respectively.		Kanimozhi belongs to the Indian political party [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]] (DMK), 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".<ref name="sify"/> Her half-brothers [[M. K. Alagiri]] and [[M. K. Stalin]] are the former [[Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers\|Union Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers]] and the [[Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu]] respectively.
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	===Job fairs===		===Job fairs===
	She spearheads<ref>{{cite news\|last=V. Mallady \|first=Shastry \|title=Private companies urged to participate in rural job fairs \|url=http://www.hindu.com/2008/11/11/stories/2008111160510400.htm\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110525122408/http://www.hindu.com/2008/11/11/stories/2008111160510400.htm\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=25 May 2011\|work=[[The Hindu]]\|access-date=20 December 2010 \|location=Chennai, India \|date=11 November 2008}}</ref> DMK efforts to organise job fairs, under the banner 'Kalaignar 85' across rural Tamil Nadu to facilitate employment opportunities for young people in smaller cities, towns and villages.<ref name="sify" /> Begun as a small employment drive to mark the birthday of DMK President Kalaignar [[Karunanidhi]] in June 2008 at Kariyapatti (a village in Virudhunagar District) job fairs have provided jobs to about 1,33,000 unemployed{{citation needed\|date=January 2013}} youth spread across nine districts. Places it has been held include [[Cuddalore]], [[Nagercoil]], [[Thoothukudi]], [[Tiruchirapalli]], [[Tirunelveli]], [[Udhagamandalam]], [[Vellore]] and [[Virudhunagar]]. She plans to conduct similar fairs all over [[Tamil Nadu]].<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/2008/12/10/stories/2008121060490700.htm\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110525114029/http://www.hinduonnet.com/2008/12/10/stories/2008121060490700.htm\|url-status=~~dead~~\|title=ADMK job fairs a big draw in rural areas\|archive-date=25 May 2011\|access-date=4 December 2019}}</ref>		She spearheads<ref>{{cite news\|last=V. Mallady \|first=Shastry \|title=Private companies urged to participate in rural job fairs \|url=http://www.hindu.com/2008/11/11/stories/2008111160510400.htm\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110525122408/http://www.hindu.com/2008/11/11/stories/2008111160510400.htm\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=25 May 2011\|work=[[The Hindu]]\|access-date=20 December 2010 \|location=Chennai, India \|date=11 November 2008}}</ref> DMK efforts to organise job fairs, under the banner 'Kalaignar 85' across rural Tamil Nadu to facilitate employment opportunities for young people in smaller cities, towns and villages.<ref name="sify" /> Begun as a small employment drive to mark the birthday of DMK President Kalaignar [[Karunanidhi]] in June 2008 at Kariyapatti (a village in Virudhunagar District) job fairs have provided jobs to about 1,33,000 unemployed{{citation needed\|date=January 2013}} youth spread across nine districts. Places it has been held include [[Cuddalore]], [[Nagercoil]], [[Thoothukudi]], [[Tiruchirapalli]], [[Tirunelveli]], [[Udhagamandalam]], [[Vellore]] and [[Virudhunagar]]. She plans to conduct similar fairs all over [[Tamil Nadu]].<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/2008/12/10/stories/2008121060490700.htm\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110525114029/http://www.hinduonnet.com/2008/12/10/stories/2008121060490700.htm\|url-status=usurped\|title=ADMK job fairs a big draw in rural areas\|archive-date=25 May 2011\|access-date=4 December 2019}}</ref>

	==Literary works==		==Literary works==
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	===Silappathikaram===		===Silappathikaram===
	Kanimozhi has worked on a production titled ''[[Silappatikaram\|Silappadikaram]], A woman of Substance'' based on a Tamil [[Silappatikaram\|epic of the same name]] with [[Bombay Jayashri]].<ref>~~[http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/thscrip/print.pl?file=2004033100740100.htm&date=2004/03/31/&prd=mp& Classic in a new idiom]~~ {{~~Webarchive~~\|~~url=~~https://web.archive.org/web/20110525132436/http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/thscrip/print.pl?file=2004033100740100.htm&date=2004%2F03%2F31%2F&prd=mp& ~~\|date=25 May 2011~~ }}. Hinduonnet.com (31 March 2004). Retrieved on 27 March 2012.</ref>		Kanimozhi has worked on a production titled ''[[Silappatikaram\|Silappadikaram]], A woman of Substance'' based on a Tamil [[Silappatikaram\|epic of the same name]] with [[Bombay Jayashri]].<ref>{{usurped\|[https://web.archive.org/web/20110525132436/http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/thscrip/print.pl?file=2004033100740100.htm&date=2004%2F03%2F31%2F&prd=mp& Classic in a new idiom]}}. Hinduonnet.com (31 March 2004). Retrieved on 27 March 2012.</ref>

	==Personal life==		==Personal life==
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{{short description|Indian politician}}
{{Indian name|Kanimozhi|Karunanidhi}}
{{Use Indian English|date=December 2019}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2019}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Kanimozhi Karunanidhi
| image = KanimozhiMP.jpg
| caption = Kanimozhi in August 2019
| office = [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha]]
| term_start = 18 June 2019
| term_end =
| 1blankname = Leader of the House
| 1namedata = [[Narendra Modi]]
| predecessor = [[J. Jeyasingh Thiyagaraj Natterjee]]
| successor =
| constituency = [[Thoothukkudi (Lok Sabha constituency)|Thoothukkudi]]
| office1 = [[Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha]]
| term_start1 = 25 July 2007
| term_end1 = 23 May 2019
| 1blankname1 = Leader of the House
| 1namedata1 = {{ubl|[[Manmohan Singh]]|[[Arun Jaitley]]}}
| predecessor1 = [[S. G. Indira]]
| successor1 = [[P. Wilson]]
| constituency1 = [[Tamil Nadu]]
| office2 = Chairperson – Chemicals & Fertilizer Standing Committee
| term_start2 = 13 September 2019
| term_end2 =
| predecessor2 = [[Anandrao Vithoba Adsul]]
| successor2 =
| office3 = Chairperson – Thoothukkudi Airport Advisory Committee
| term_start3 = 18 June 2019
| term_end3 =
| predecessor3 = [[J. Jeyasingh Thiyagaraj Natterjee]]
| office4 = Deputy Leader of the DMK in Lok Sabha
| term_start4 = 18 June 2019
| term_end4 =
| leader4 = [[T. R. Baalu]]
| office5 = Women's Wing Secretary of DMK
| term_start5 = 9 January 2015
| term_end5 =
| president5 = [[M. Karunanidhi]]<br/>[[M. K. Stalin]]
| birth_name = Kanimozhi
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1968|01|05|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Madras]], [[Madras State]], [[India]]<br/>(present-day [[Chennai]], [[Tamil Nadu]])
| citizenship = Indian
| party = [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
| spouse = {{unbulleted list|{{marriage|Athiban Bose|1989|1997|reason=divorced}}<ref>{{cite web|title=The Big and Mighty Karuna family |url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_the-big-and-mighty-karuna-family_1258972 |work=[[Daily News and Analysis]] |access-date=1 February 2011|date=26 May 2009 }}</ref>}}
{{Marriage|G. Aravindan|1997|}}
| relations = See [[Karunanidhi family]]
| children = Aditya Aravindan
| parents = [[M. Karunanidhi]] (father)<br />Rajathi Ammal (mother)
| residence = * 46/1, Prashanthi Apartments, 2nd Cross Street, CIT Colony, [[Mylapore]], [[Chennai]]-600004, [[Tamil Nadu]], India
* 102F/20M, 6th Street, Kurinji Nagar, Polpettai, [[Thoothukudi]]-628002, [[Tamil Nadu]], India
| education = [[Master of Economics]]
| alma_mater = [[Ethiraj College for Women]]
| occupation = {{hlist|Poet|journalist|politician}}
| signature = Kanimozhi Signature.svg
| profession =
| website =
}}

'''Kanimozhi''' (born 5 January 1968) is an Indian politician, poet and journalist. She is a [[Member of Parliament]], representing [[Thoothukkudi (Lok Sabha constituency)|Thoothukkudi constituency]] in the [[Lok Sabha]] (the [[lower house]] of [[Parliament of India|India's Parliament]]). She was also a former [[Member of Parliament|MP]], represented [[Tamil Nadu]] in the [[Rajya Sabha]] (the [[upper house]] of [[Parliament of India|India's Parliament]]).<ref name="rajya">{{cite web|title=Detailed Profile: Smt. Kanimozhi|url=http://india.gov.in/govt/rajyasabhampbiodata.php?mpcode=2045 |publisher=Govt. of India|access-date=20 December 2010}}</ref> Kanimozhi is the daughter of the former [[List of chief ministers of Tamil Nadu|Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu]] [[M. Karunanidhi]] and his third wife Rajathi Ammal.

Kanimozhi belongs to the Indian political party [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]] (DMK), 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".<ref name="sify"/> Her half-brothers [[M. K. Alagiri]] and [[M. K. Stalin]] are the former [[Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers|Union Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers]] and the [[Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu]] respectively.

==Early life==
Before her entry into politics, Kanimozhi was involved in journalism, such as sub editor for ''[[The Hindu]]'', editor in charge of ''[[Kungumam (magazine)|Kungumam]]'' (a Tamil weekly magazine) and a features editor for a Singapore based Tamil newspaper called ''[[Tamil Murasu]]''.<ref name="sify">{{cite web|title=Kanimozhi: A poetess politician in trouble|url=http://www.sify.com/news/kanimozhi-a-poetess-politician-in-trouble-news-national-kmpuurfgihj.html|work=[[Sify]].com|access-date=20 December 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101219015935/http://www.sify.com/news/kanimozhi-a-poetess-politician-in-trouble-news-national-kmpuurfgihj.html|archive-date=19 December 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Social Works==
===Interests===
Kanimozhi has been known to support pan-Tamil issues.<ref>[http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?NewsID=1083461 Kanimozhi the rising daughter in Tamil Nadu?]. Dnaindia.com (7 March 2007). Retrieved on 27 March 2012.</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/why-does-god-need-gunman-protect-hundiyal-kanimozhi-s-speech-rankles-hindu-group-74554 |title = 'Why does god need gunman to protect hundiyal?': Kanimozhi's speech rankles Hindu group|date = 11 January 2018}}</ref> She takes part in organising women empowerment programs<ref>{{cite news|title=Fight against injustice, Kanimozhi tells women |url=http://www.hindu.com/2007/03/24/stories/2007032411200400.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070610000736/http://www.hindu.com/2007/03/24/stories/2007032411200400.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=10 June 2007 |work=[[The Hindu]]|access-date=20 December 2010|location=Chennai, India|date=24 March 2007}}</ref> and is interested in the welfare of differently abled people and [[transgender]] people. In 2005, with Karthi Chidambaram, she founded a portal supporting free speech.<ref>[http://www.karuthu.com Karuthu] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070826153837/http://www.karuthu.com/ |date=26 August 2007 }}. Karuthu. Retrieved on 27 March 2012.</ref>

===Chennai Sangamam===
In 2007, Kanimozhi conceived the idea of the [[Chennai Sangamam]], an annual open [[Tamil language|Tamil]] cultural festival, usually held during the [[Pongal (festival)|Pongal]] season.{{cn|date=July 2021}}

===Job fairs===
She spearheads<ref>{{cite news|last=V. Mallady |first=Shastry |title=Private companies urged to participate in rural job fairs |url=http://www.hindu.com/2008/11/11/stories/2008111160510400.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110525122408/http://www.hindu.com/2008/11/11/stories/2008111160510400.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=25 May 2011|work=[[The Hindu]]|access-date=20 December 2010 |location=Chennai, India |date=11 November 2008}}</ref> DMK efforts to organise job fairs, under the banner 'Kalaignar 85' across rural Tamil Nadu to facilitate employment opportunities for young people in smaller cities, towns and villages.<ref name="sify" /> Begun as a small employment drive to mark the birthday of DMK President Kalaignar [[Karunanidhi]] in June 2008 at Kariyapatti (a village in Virudhunagar District) job fairs have provided jobs to about 1,33,000 unemployed{{citation needed|date=January 2013}} youth spread across nine districts. Places it has been held include [[Cuddalore]], [[Nagercoil]], [[Thoothukudi]], [[Tiruchirapalli]], [[Tirunelveli]], [[Udhagamandalam]], [[Vellore]] and [[Virudhunagar]]. She plans to conduct similar fairs all over [[Tamil Nadu]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/2008/12/10/stories/2008121060490700.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110525114029/http://www.hinduonnet.com/2008/12/10/stories/2008121060490700.htm|url-status=dead|title=ADMK job fairs a big draw in rural areas|archive-date=25 May 2011|access-date=4 December 2019}}</ref>

==Literary works==
* Sigarangalil Uraikiradhu Kaalam<ref>{{cite news|title=Dravidian ideals will remain the central theme: Kanimozhi|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Chennai/article20331.ece|work=[[The Hindu]]|access-date=20 December 2010|location=Chennai, India|date=15 September 2009}}</ref>
* Agathinai
* Paarvaigal
* Karukkum Marudhaani
* Karuvarai Vaasanai

Her literary works were translated into English, Malayalam, Telugu and Kannada.

===Silappathikaram===
Kanimozhi has worked on a production titled ''[[Silappatikaram|Silappadikaram]], A woman of Substance'' based on a Tamil [[Silappatikaram|epic of the same name]] with [[Bombay Jayashri]].<ref>[http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/thscrip/print.pl?file=2004033100740100.htm&date=2004/03/31/&prd=mp& Classic in a new idiom] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110525132436/http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/thscrip/print.pl?file=2004033100740100.htm&date=2004%2F03%2F31%2F&prd=mp& |date=25 May 2011 }}. Hinduonnet.com (31 March 2004). Retrieved on 27 March 2012.</ref>

==Personal life==
Kanimozhi was a student of Presentation Convent, Church Park in Chennai and later did her master's degree in economics in [[Ethiraj College for Women]] from the [[Madras University]].<ref name="sify" /> She has been married twice; firstly in 1989 to Athiban Bose, a businessman from [[Sivakasi]] (since divorced), and then to G. Aravindan, a [[Singapore]]-based Tamil writer, in 1997. She has a son named Aditya Aravindan.<ref>{{Citation | title = A Wedding In The Family ..... | url = http://www.rediff.com/news/aug/28dmk.htm | journal = Rediff News | access-date = 9 December 2010}}</ref>

== Political career ==
===As a Rajya Sabha MP===
In May 2007, the DMK nominated Kanimozhi as one of the party's candidates for the [[Rajya Sabha]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/Kanimozhi-Tiruchi-N.-Siva-DMK-nominees-for-Rajya-Sabha-polls/article14769275.ece|title=Kanimozhi, Tiruchi N. Siva, DMK nominees for Rajya Sabha polls|work=The Hindu|access-date=15 May 2017|language=en}}</ref> She became a Rajya Sabha member for the second time in 2013. Kanimozhi was the leader of the DMK in the house and was the voice of the state of Tamil Nadu in the Upper house.

===As a Lok Sabha MP===
She was elected from [[Thoothukkudi (Lok Sabha constituency)|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 a DMK's deputy leader of the parliament. As of September 2019, Kanimozhi works as a chairperson of [[Standing committee (India)|Parliament Standing Committee]] for Chemicals and Fertilizers.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://m.economictimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/bjp-mps-head-most-panels-outnumber-opposition-in-committees/articleshow/71142878.cms|title=BJP MPs head most panels, outnumber opposition in committees|date=16 September 2019 |website= Economic Times|access-date=4 December 2019|language=en}}</ref>

===As a Trade Union leader===
She is the president of The Hindu National Press employees union. She is the first woman to be elected to that post.<ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kanimozhi-is-the-hindu-staff-union-president/article17936630.ece |title = Kanimozhi is the Hindu staff union president|newspaper = The Hindu|date = 12 April 2017}}</ref>

===Secretary to the DMK Women's Wing===
She is the secretary to the DMK party's Women's wing and encourages women to enter into politics. She has organised training camps for the district level office bearers of women's wing. She also organised a rally in Delhi demanding the Women's reservation bill to be passed by the parliament.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/national/dmk-holds-rally-in-delhi-to-demand-early-passage-of-womens-bill/article9592649.ece |title = DMK holds rally in Delhi to demand early passage of Women's Bill}}</ref>

==Elections contested and positions held==
Kanimozhi has been elected as [[Member of Parliament|MP]] of Lok Sabha from [[Thoothukkudi (Lok Sabha constituency)|Thoothukkudi]] constituency. This was her first direct electoral performance.
She resigned her Rajya Sabha MP post on 29 May 2019 after being elected to [[17th Lok Sabha]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-amit-shah-ravi-shankar-prasad-kanimozhi-resign-as-rajya-sabha-members-after-being-elected-to-17th-lok-sabha-2754842|title=Amit Shah, Ravi Shankar Prasad, Kanimozhi resign as Rajya Sabha members after being elected to 17th Lok Sabha|date=29 May 2019|website=DNA India|language=en|access-date=29 May 2019}}</ref>

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! width="70" |Opposition vote percentage
|- style="background:#ffc;"
| bgcolor="98FB98" |[[2019 Indian general election]]||[[Thoothukkudi (Lok Sabha constituency)|Thoothukkudi]]||[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]]||Won||56.77||[[Tamilisai Soundararajan]]||[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]||21.77
|}

===Posts in Parliament of India===
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!width=70|Year
!width=170|Constituency
!width=250|Position
!width=132|From
!width=132|To
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| [[2007 Indian Rajya Sabha elections|2007]] || [[Tamil Nadu]] || [[Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha]] || 25 July 2007 || 29 May 2019
|-
| [[2019 Indian general election|2019]] || [[Thoothukkudi (Lok Sabha constituency)|Thoothukkudi]] || [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha]] || 18 June 2019 || ''[[Incumbent]]''
|}

==2G spectrum case==
{{main|2G Spectrum case}}
As per the chargesheet filed by CBI, Kanimozhi has 20% stake in her family owned [[Kalaignar TV]], her step-mother Dayalu Ammal owns 60% stake in the same channel. CBI alleged that Kanimozhi was an "active brain" behind the channel's operations and she worked along with former telecom minister [[Andimuthu Raja|A. Raja]] to get DB Realty promoter [[Shahid Balwa]] to circuitously route 2 billion (US$36.2 million) to Kalaignar TV. According to CBI, Kanimozhi was in regular touch with A. Raja regarding launching of Kalaignar TV channel and its other pending works. A. Kanimozhi had spent 190 days in Tihar Jail in 2011 after the CBI named her an "active brain" behind the functioning and setting up of Kalaignar TV.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/for-dmks-kanimozhi-an-ed-chargesheet-could-mean-being-sent-to-jail-again/1090549/ | work=Indian Express | title=Report about Kanamozhi on 2G case}}</ref>
Raja was further pursuing the cause of Kalaignar TV not only for getting registration of the company from Ministry of Information and Broadcasting but also for getting it in the DTH operator TATA Sky's bouquet. She was also summoned by the Income Tax Department, Chennai for alleged tax evasion charges.{{citation needed|date=November 2017}}

On 3 July 2012, briefing the joint parliamentary committee probing the scam, ED claimed that it has enough evidence to convict DMK chief Karunanidhi's wife and daughter Kanimozhi.

Kanimozhi has defended herself by arguing that she is only a 20% shareholder in the company, who has no involvement in the financial aspects or the liability of a director.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-05-07/india/29519916_1_kalaignar-tv-mere-shareholder-kanimozhi | archive-url=https://archive.today/20130103112443/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-05-07/india/29519916_1_kalaignar-tv-mere-shareholder-kanimozhi | url-status=dead | archive-date=2013-01-03 | work=[[The Times of India]] | title=I am not involved in day-to-day running of Kalaignar TV}}</ref>

During the course of the trial, Kanimozhi's name was cleared by at least one witness who deposed that she had no involvement in the day-to-day affairs of Kalaignar TV and that she was initially reluctant to join the management of the channel. It was also admitted in court that Kanimozhi resigned from Kalaignar board after only two weeks to become a Member of Parliament. In an extraordinary twist, on 21 December 2017 a special CBI court acquitted her along with 19 others accused including A. Raja in 2G spectrum allocation cases. The Court said that the prosecution has miserably failed to prove any of its charge. Thus all accused are acquitted.

==References==
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== External links ==
* [http://loksabhaph.nic.in/Members/MemberBioprofile.aspx?mpsno=4960 Profile on Lok Sabha website]
* {{facebook|KanimozhiDMKpage}}

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