Karunanidhis daughter Kanimozhi files nomination for Rajya Sabha

Chief minister of Tamil Nadu, M. Karunanidhis daughter Kanimozhi, today filed her nomination papers for the Rajya Sabha seat from the State.

Chennai, June 1: Chief minister of Tamil Nadu, M. Karunanidhi's daughter Kanimozhi, today filed her nomination papers for the Rajya Sabha seat from the State.

Daughter from Karunanidhi's third wife, Kanimozhi is presently a State legislator and is known for her knowledge in poetry and literature.

"I am very happy. I will continue to work on the same line, as I was earlier. I will be keeping DMK party's stand and policy in the Parliament," Kanimozhi said after filing her papers.

Biennial Elections from Tamil Nadu to the Rajya Sabha are due on June 15, and she is set to win the election as her party DMK has nominated its candidates for two of the six seats from the State.

The party has left one seat each to Congress and the CPI, as the DMK-led ruling coalition in the State is sure of winning four of the six seats where elections will be held.

Kanimozhi, 39, had shunned politics for years, but is now set to take a plunge. She holds a Masters in Business Economics and is the most educated among Karunanidhi's children.

The decision of her party to nominate her for the Rajya Sabha seat comes after a recent feud in the party that saw Union Telecom Minister Dayanidhi Maran's exit from the Cabinet.

ANI