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	== Nira Radia Tapes ==		== Nira Radia Tapes ==
	She has been involved in Nira Radia tapes published by outlook magazine. The conversation has Niira Radia explaining Poongothai Aladi Aruna, why Kanimozhi has made a mistake by refusing the MoS portfolio and how she now must remain friends with Azhagiri. "She should have taken the MoS, but she had her own views. Kani must learn to look after herself. This is politics and it is very cut throat, nobody is your friend, nobody is your enemy. I don’t know whether she feels that she's made a mistake and recognises it. Please, you must talk to her and tell her to be friend with Azhagiri. Trust me, it’s very important for them to remains friends."<ref>http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?268996 ~~{{Bare URL inline~~\|~~date~~=~~December 2021~~}}</ref>		She has been involved in Nira Radia tapes published by outlook magazine. The conversation has Niira Radia explaining Poongothai Aladi Aruna, why Kanimozhi has made a mistake by refusing the MoS portfolio and how she now must remain friends with Azhagiri. "She should have taken the MoS, but she had her own views. Kani must learn to look after herself. This is politics and it is very cut throat, nobody is your friend, nobody is your enemy. I don’t know whether she feels that she's made a mistake and recognises it. Please, you must talk to her and tell her to be friend with Azhagiri. Trust me, it’s very important for them to remains friends."<ref>{{cite web\| url = http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?268996\| title = 11-188819-0-12-20090529-144000}} </ref>

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	== Nira Radia Tapes ==		== Nira Radia Tapes ==
	She has been involved in Nira Radia tapes published by outlook magazine. The conversation has Niira Radia explaining Poongothai Aladi Aruna, why Kanimozhi has made a mistake by refusing the MoS portfolio and how she now must remain friends with Azhagiri. "She should have taken the MoS, but she had her own views. Kani must learn to look after herself. This is politics and it is very cut throat, nobody is your friend, nobody is your enemy. I don’t know whether she feels that she's made a mistake and recognises it. Please, you must talk to her and tell her to be friend with Azhagiri. Trust me, it’s very important for them to remains friends."<ref>http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?268996</ref>		She has been involved in Nira Radia tapes published by outlook magazine. The conversation has Niira Radia explaining Poongothai Aladi Aruna, why Kanimozhi has made a mistake by refusing the MoS portfolio and how she now must remain friends with Azhagiri. "She should have taken the MoS, but she had her own views. Kani must learn to look after herself. This is politics and it is very cut throat, nobody is your friend, nobody is your enemy. I don’t know whether she feels that she's made a mistake and recognises it. Please, you must talk to her and tell her to be friend with Azhagiri. Trust me, it’s very important for them to remains friends."<ref>http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?268996 {{Bare URL inline\|date=December 2021}}</ref>

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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Poongothai Aladi Aruna
| image = Poongothai Aladi Aruna at the U.S. Consulate General in Chennai 03.jpg
| caption = Poongothai Aladi Aruna at the U.S. Consulate General in Chennai
|birth_date ={{birth date and age|df=yes|1964|10|28}}
|birth_place =Chennai, Tamil Nadu
| residence =
| death_date =
| death_place =
| office1 = Minister for Social Welfare and Nutritious Noon Meal Programme
| constituency =
| term_start2 = 13 May 2006
| term_end2 = 21 May 2008
| predecessor3 =
| successor3 = [[P. Geetha Jeevan|Geetha Jeevan]]
| office4 = Minister for Information Technology
| term_start5 = 28 February 2009
| term_end5 = 15 May 2011
| predecessor6 = [[M. Karunanidhi]]
| successor7 = [[R. B. Udhaya Kumar]]
| office8 = [[Member of Legislative Assembly]]
| term_start9 = 25 May 2016
| term_end9 = 6 May 2021
| predecessor10 = [[P. G. Rajendran]]
| successor11 = [[P. H. Manoj Pandian]]
| constituency12 = [[Alangulam (State Assembly Constituency)|Alangulam]]
| party =[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]]
| religion =
| spouse = V. Balaji
|occupation =Gynaecologist, politician
|parents =Aladi Aruna <br /> Kamala
| children =
| website =
| footnotes =
| date = 23 February |
| year = 2018 |
| source =
}}

'''Poongothai Aladi Aruna''' is an Indian politician and former Information and Technology minister of Tamil Nadu under DMK ruling in 2006–2011. In 2016 Tamil Nadu assembly election she contested from [[Alangulam (State Assembly Constituency)]] and won the election with votes 88891.

== Personal life ==
She is the daughter of the late DMK minister [[Aladi Aruna]]. She was born in [[Chennai]] on 28 October 1964. She is a [[gynaecologist]] by profession and received part of her education in [[London]].<ref>[http://www.assembly.tn.gov.in/disp_ind.asp?prof_id=267 Poongothai Aladi Aruna profile]</ref> She married Balaji Venugopal in the late 1980s. They have two daughters, Samantha and Kavya.

== Electoral victories ==
She was given a ticket to contest in elections after her father's death. She was elected to the [[Tamil Nadu legislative assembly]] as an [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]] candidate from [[Alangulam (State Assembly Constituency)|Alangulam constituency]] in [[2006 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|2006 elections]].<ref>[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1996/StatisticalReport-TN96.pdf 1996 Tamil Nadu Election Results, Election Commission of India]</ref><ref>[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2006/StatReport_TN_2006.pdf 2006 Tamil Nadu Election Results, Election Commission of India]</ref> She later went on to become Social Welfare minister in the then Tamil Nadu government.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20121102071415/http://www.hindu.com/2006/05/06/stories/2006050618680300.htm Election to Tamil Nadu assembly]</ref>

== Social Welfare Minister ==
During her tenure as the Social Welfare Minister, Chief Minister Kalaignar M Karunanidhi announced the Two Egg scheme in the midday meals and now it is three times a day. The Physically challenged people were given high priority during this period to the extent of a complete survey, National ID Card, Government benefits and motorised vehicles. She had submitted her resignation on 14 May 2008 following a controversy over her telephone conversation with the Director of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption S.K. Upadhyay about a corruption case involving her relative <ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/Poongothai-Aladi-Arunarsquos-resignation-accepted/article15226585.ece | title=Poongothai Aladi Aruna's resignation accepted | date=21 May 2008 | newspaper=The Hindu | accessdate=10 January 2019 }}</ref>

== IT Minister ==
In 28 February 2009 Poongathai Aladi Aruna was reinstated as Minister for Information Technology to the Government of Tamil Nadu. This is first time that Tamil Nadu Govt has a separate minister for Information Technology.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/Poongothai-Aladi-Aruna-sworn-in-IT-Minister/article16342992.ece | title=Poongothai Aladi Aruna sworn in IT Minister | date=28 February 2009 | newspaper=The Hindu | accessdate=10 January 2019 }}</ref>

== Scandal ==
In an audio CD released by [[Janata party]] president [[Subramanian Swamy]] on 13 May 2008, Poongothai is pleading with the Director of Vigilance and Anti-corruption, [[SK Upadhyay]] to be soft on her relative, Jawahar. Jawahar is an electrical engineer in the [[Tamil Nadu]] electricity board and was caught accepting [[bribe]]s. She later confirmed that the voice in that tape is really hers<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20121020195728/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2008-05-13/chennai/27746255_1_poongothai-vigilance-officer-s-k-upadhyay Scandal]</ref> and resigned from office accepting responsibility.<ref>[https://archive.today/20120714035950/http://sify.com/news/fullstory.php?id=14673300 Resignation]</ref>

== Nira Radia Tapes ==
She has been involved in Nira Radia tapes published by outlook magazine. The conversation has Niira Radia explaining Poongothai Aladi Aruna, why Kanimozhi has made a mistake by refusing the MoS portfolio and how she now must remain friends with Azhagiri. "She should have taken the MoS, but she had her own views. Kani must learn to look after herself. This is politics and it is very cut throat, nobody is your friend, nobody is your enemy. I don’t know whether she feels that she's made a mistake and recognises it. Please, you must talk to her and tell her to be friend with Azhagiri. Trust me, it’s very important for them to remains friends."<ref>http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?268996</ref>

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