Karunanidhi family

Ethnicity Tamil-Vellalar
Current region Tamil Nadu, India
Notable members Karunanidhi
M K Stalin
M. K. Muthu
M. K. Alagiri
Murasoli Maran
Kanimozhi
Kalanidhi Maran
Dayanidhi Maran
Udhayanidhi Stalin
Dayanidhi Azhagiri
Karunanidhi family
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Karunanidhi family is an Indian political family which has been dominant in the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
(DMK) for most of Tamil Nadus history since the late 1960s.
Karunanidhi has been Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu for five terms and the DMK party leader from 1968. Dayanidhi
Maran has been the union cabinet minister for two terms, once as a Minister of Information and Technology and once
as a Minister of Textiles. M K Stalin has been a four-time MLA in Tamil Nadu Legislative assembly and a one time
deputy Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu. M. K. Alagiri is the Minister of Chemicals in the central cabinet and also the
co-ordinator for South Tamil Nadu for DMK. Kanimozhi is a nominated Member of the Parliament in Rajya Sabha.
Kalanidhi Maran is the owner of the Sun Network, the second largest TV network in India and also Sun Pictures, a
Tamil movie production company. The fourth generation of the family comprising Arivunithi, Dayanidhi Azhagiri,
Udhayanidhi Stalin and Arulnithi are involved in Tamil cinema industry. With large presence of the family members
both in the central government and state government has led to the topic of political nepotism.
[1]
Two of the family
members, Kanimozhi and Dayanidhi Maran have been charged by CBI for their alleged involvement in the 2G
spectrum scam, listed by Time magazine in second position on their "Top 10 Abuses of Power" list (just behind the
Watergate scandal).
[2][3][4]
The fourth generation of the family is accused of using political clout in their favour in the
Tamil cinema industry.
[5]
Contents
1 Complete family tree
2 Karunanidhi
3 Murasoli Maran
4 Controversy
4.1 Allegations of nepotism
4.2 Marans vs Azhagiri
4.3 2G Spectrum Scam
4.4 Azhagiri Vs Stalin
4.5 Dominance in Tamil film industry
5 List of Posts currently held by the family
6 Organisations related to the family
7 Declared assets of the political members of the family
8 See also
9 Notes
10 References
Complete family tree
Family tree
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File picture of Karunanidhi
M.K. Stalin, son of Karunanidhi
Kanimozhi, the daughter
of Karunanidhi
Karunanidhi
Muthuvel Karunanidhi (born Dakshinamurthi, 3 June 1924)
[6]
is the head of Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK),
[7]
a Dravidian
political party in the state of Tamil Nadu. He has been the leader of the DMK since the death of its founder, C. N. Annadurai, in
1969,
[8]
though the party had leading stalwarts in Nedunchezhian, E. V. K. Sampath, K. A. Mathiazhagan, Nanjil K. Manoharan and
K. Anbazhagan, who were called Aim perum Thalaivargal meaning five great leaders.
[9]
He has served as chief minister five times
(196971, 197176, 198991, 19962001 and 20062011). He holds the record of winning his seat in every election in which he has
participated in a political career spanning more than 60 years.
[10][11][12]
He is also a playwright and screenwriter in Tamil cinema.
He married three times; his wives are the late Padmavathy, Dayalu Ammal and Rajathiammal.
[13][14][15]
He has four sons, namely M. K. Muthu, M. K. Alagiri, M. K. Stalin, and M. K. Tamilarasu and two daughters, Selvi and Kanimozhi.
M. K. Muthu, his eldest son, was born to Padmavathy, who died early. Azhagiri, Stalin, Selvi and Tamilarasu were born to
Dayaluammal, while Kanimozhi is the only daughter from his third wife, Rajathiammal.
Murasoli Maran
Murasoli Maran (Tamil: ) (17 August 1934 23 November 2003) was an important leader of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) party and the
nephew of M. Karunanidhi. A Member of Parliament for 36 years, he was made a Union Minister in three separate central governments, in charge of Urban
Development in the V.P. Singh government, Industry in the Gowda and Gujral governments, and finally Commerce and Industry under Vajpayee.
[16]
Apart from being a
politician, Maran was a journalist and scriptwriter for films too.
[17]
He was the editor of the DMK party paper, Murasoli and hence got the title appended to his name.
Controversy
Allegations of nepotism
DMK has been accused by opponents, by some members of the party, and by other political observers of trying to promote nepotism
and start a political dynasty along the lines of the Nehru-Gandhi family. Vaiko, who quit the DMK, has been the most vocal.
Political observers say that Vaiko was sidelined as he was seen as a threat to M.K. Stalin and other family members.
Karunanidhis nephew, the late Murasoli Maran, was a Union Minister; however, it has been pointed out that he was in politics long
before Karunanidhi became the Chief Minister in 1969. He was arrested several times, including in the Anti-Hindi agitations in
1965. He was asked to contest the by-election for South Madras in 1967 and the nomination papers were signed by Rajaji,
Annadurai and Mohammed Ismail (Quaid-e-Millath), demonstrating that his political career was not built entirely on his relation to
Karunanidhi.
[18]
Many political opponents and DMK party senior leaders have been critical of the rise of M. K. Stalin in the party. But some of the party men have pointed out that Stalin
has come up on his own. He has faced a lot of hardship since 1975, when he was jailed under the Maintenance of Internal Security Act (MISA) and was beaten up in jail
so brutally during the Emergency that a fellow DMK party prisoner died trying to save him.
[1]
Stalin was an MLA in 1989 and 1996 when his father Karunanidhi was
the Chief Minister, but he was not inducted into the Cabinet. He became Chennais 44th mayor and its first directly elected mayor in 1996. It was only in his fourth term
as MLA that he was made a Minister in the Karunanidhi cabinet and then in 2009 was made the Deputy Chief Minister.
Karunanidhi has been accused of helping Murasoli Marans son Kalanidhi Maran, who runs Sun Network, Indias second largest television network. According to
Forbes, Kalanidhi is among Indias richest 20, with $2.9 billion.
[19]
Again commentators say that he raised himself into the position on his own merit and even
Karunanidhis sons have achieved nothing compared to him which has been a cause of friction between them. His channels have been the mouth organ of the DMK party
(until recent time) and balanced the Jaya TV of the AIADMK.
Another son of Marans, Dayanidhi Maran, is a former Union Minister for Communications and IT portfolio, not broadcasting ministry, which is responsible for TV
networks. Dayanidhi Maran was withdrawn from the IT and Communications portfolio at Center (he was a Union Minister for IT and Communications) because
Dinakaran survey poll controversy. He was later given the MP seat in the 2009 general elections from DMK party and subsequently became the Minister of Textiles in
the union government.
The Dinakaran newspaper case was handed over to the CBI. But the District and Sessions court acquitted all the 17 accused in that case.
[20]
So far, the case has not been
appealed in a higher court to identify and punish the perpetrators of the crime.
Karunanidhis daughter Kanimozhi is a nominated member of parliament in Rajya Sabha.
Marans vs Azhagiri
In 2006 May, Dinakaran, the newspaper run by Kalanidhi Maran ran into a controversy when it published the results of a series of opinion
polls which showed M. K. Stalin having more approval (70%) than his elder brother M. K. Azhagiri (2%) as the political heir of
Karunanidhi. It also showed others as 20%, possibly indicating Dayanidhi Maran and Kanimozhi. The Madurai office of Dinakaran was
fire bombed by supporters of Alagiri and three employees were killed
[21]
The Sun TV office in Madurai was also attacked by the
perpetrators.
[22]
A day after the incident, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Sonia Gandhi came to Chennai for felicitating Karunanidhi
for 50 years in legislative assembly. Daynaidhi Maran, who usually accompanies Karunanidhi on every function, discarded the event as a
mark of protest. On 13 May, the DMK administrative committee empowered Karunanidhi to remove Dayanidhi from the party. This
subsequently led to his resignation from the central ministry.
[23]
Karunanidhi family started Kalaignar TV to counter Sun TV of the Marans
that started focusing on opposition leaders who were voiceferous on Alagiri and also covering the 2G Specturm Scam on minister A Raja,
the DMK minister replacing Dayanidhi in the Union IT ministry.
[24]
There were several attempts of reconciliation by the Marans, with two
public meeting, once during Stalins birthday in March 2008 and other during May when Karunanidhi was discharged from a Chennai
hospital having been treated for neck and back pain.
[25]
But when the Marans went to greet Karunanidhi on his 85th birthday on 3 Jun 2008,
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they were made to wait for an hour before finally denying entry.
[25]
The family later reconciled with the efforts of Selvi and M K Stalin. While the reason for
reconciliation is not known, it was rumoured that the family reconciled to keep the third wife, Rajathi and her daughter Kanimozhi away from the family - that
Kanimozhi was missing in the family reunion picture supported this argument.
[26]
2G Spectrum Scam
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.
[27]
CBI alleges that Kanimozhi was an "active brain" behind the channels operations
[27]
and she worked along with former telecom minister A. Raja to get DB Realty
promoter Shahid Balwa to circuitously route 2 billion (US$32 million) to Kalaignar TV.
[28]
According to CBI, Kanimozhi was in regular touch with A Raja regarding
launching of Kalaignar TV channel and its other pending works.
[28]
CBI alleges that A 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 Skys bouquet.
[28]
The charges levelled
against her are criminal conspiracy to cause criminal breach of trust by a public servant, criminal conspiracy under section 120-B, cheating under section 420 & forgery
under sections 468 and 471. Booked under the Prevention of Corruption Act.
[29][30]
She was taken into custody (arrested) by CBI on 20 May 2011.
[31][32]
and granted bail
on 28 November 2011 after spending 188 days in judicial custody.
[33][34]
As of May 2012, trial is being conducted in Special CBI Court.
[35]
Dayanidhi Maran was forced to resign from his Textiles Ministry in the central government on account corruption charges levelled against him in the 2G spectrum scam.
[36]
Dayanidhi has been accused of criminal conspiracy by the CBI on charges under Prevention of Corruption Act.
[36]
An FIR or formal complaint has been filed against
Dayanidhi and his brother, Kalanithi Maran, the owner of Sun Network in Tamil Nadu.
[36]
The homes and offices of the Marans in Delhi and Chennai were raided on 10
October 2011 in connection with the CBIs efforts to prove that when he was telecom minister, Dayanidhi misused his office to help an entrepreneur from Malaysia
named T Ananda Krishnan to acquire one of Indias biggest telecoms, Aircel.
[36]
The CBI alleged that in return, Mr Ananda Krishnan invested more than Rs.6 billion in
Dayanidhis brother Kalanidhi owned Sun Network.
[36]
Azhagiri Vs Stalin
The issue of succession of party and the political leadership has always been oriented towards Azhagiri and Stalin, the brothers and apparent political heirs of
Karunanidhi. The general council of 3 February 2012 fuelled heated debates on who should be the successor and finally lead to a conclusion of Karunanidhi remaining
the head, putting the topic of succession to a temporary end.
[37]
Azhagiri garners support from Southern Tamil Nadu, which is termed as his political stronghold. The
2011 assembly election drubbing put his power under scanner with the party losing most in the southern parts of Tamil Nadu.
[37]
Stalin was seen as the natural heir after
he was given the post of Mayor of Chennai Corporation during October 2001 and subsequently the Deputy Chief Minister post of Tamil Nadu government on 29 May
2009. The survey poll conducted by Dinakaran newspaper of the Marans created further feud in the family. In a wikileaks revealed cable sent on 9 July 2009, the then
US counsel General Andrew T Simkin predicted that M K Azhagiri will contest with Stalin for power once his father leaves the scene, but will be finally prevailed by M
K Stalin, who is more acceptable.
[38]
It also touched upon Azhagiris noteirty and pugnacious tactics for his alleged involvement in Ta Krittinan murder case, for which
he was arrested in 2003 and also on the attack of Dinakaran newspaper office in 2007.
[38]
Dominance in Tamil film industry
There are allegations on a large set of family members of Karunanidhi entering into Tamil film distribution and production on account of political backup.
[5]
"Karunanidhi has used his political might to thrust his entire family on Tamil cinema," said Thuglak editor Cho Ramaswamy, in one of the interviews that fuelled a
retort from Karunanidhi, "If Prithvi Raj Kapoors family is in films till today, if Rajnikanths daughter can produce movies and his son-in-law Dhanush can act, what is
wrong if my grandsons Kalanidhi, Udayanidhi, Dayanidhi, Arlunidhi and Arivunidihi are into film-making? It is just another conspiracy by the threaded class
(Brahmins) because I work for the Dravidian community" after laying the foundation stone for a colony for film workers on 23 August 2010.
[5]
The feeling of political
might is supported by the production of films by family members starting ventures, leaving Sun Pictures during the DMK government during 2006-2011.
[5]
The
distributors also complained of level-playing field with the political clout involved in distribution of films.
[5]
.
List of Posts currently held by the family
Family Member Governance post Years
Karunanidhi DMK Party Leader 1969present
Karunanidhi Member of Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly 2011present
M. K. Stalin President of Youth Wing, DMK 2012present
M. K. Stalin Member of Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly 2011present
M. K. Alagiri Member of Parliament 20092014
Dayanidhi Maran Member of Parliament 20092014
Kanimozhi Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
[39]
20072014
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Organisations related to the family
Organization Family Member Post Years Notes
Kalaignar TV Dayalu Owner
2008
present
60% share holder
[27]
Kalaignar TV Kanimozhi Owner
2008
present
20% share holder
[27]
Sun Group Kalanithi Maran
Chairman and
MD
1993
present
Group of Kal Media Services Pvt. Ltd.
32 TV Channels across Indian languages
45 Radio stations across all India
2 daily newspapers in Tamil language
4 weekly magazines in Tamil language
Sun Pictures - a leading film production and distribution company
Sun Direct - one of Indias leading DTH companies, also first to carry HD
channels in India
Sumangali Cable Vision (SCV) - Multi System Operators (MSO)
Sun 18 south - to distribute its channels
Kal Airways Pvt. Ltd. Spicejet
Sun risers IPL(Indian premiar league)Cricket Team
Cloud Nine Movies Dayanidhi Azhagiri Owner
[40]
2008
present
Tamil film production and distribution company
Red Giant Movies Udhayanidhi Stalin Owner
[41]
2008
present
Tamil film production and distribution company
Mohana Movies M K Tamilarasu Owner
2008
present
Tamil film production company
Daya Cyber Park Private Limited,
Madurai
Azhagiri Family
[42]
Owner
2006
present
Cyber Park
Inbox 1305 Kiruthiga Uthayanithi
Owner, Editor
[43]
2008
present
Life style Magazine
Nefertari
Anusha Dhayanithi
Alagiri
Owner
[44]
2012
present
Event Management Company
Tamil Mayyam Kanimozhi Director
[45]
Non-governmental Organization
Declared assets of the political members of the family
Family Member
Assets Worth (in
INR)
As on Date Notes
M.K. Stalin and
Durga
220 million
[46]
22 March
2011
Rs422,800,000 worth of movable property which includes fixed deposit, joint account with wife and life
insurance.
[46]
The approximate value of their immovable property based on market value was Rs16930,00000.
[46]
Karunanidhi,
Dayalu and Rajathi
411.3 million
[47]
24 March
2011
Karunanidhi has moveable assets of around Rs.4930 million, Rs.15340 million for his first wife, Dayalu and
Rs.2083 million for his second wife Rajathi.
[47]
Karunanidhi has an income of Rs.370 million per annum
Rs.640 million for Dayalu and 1670 million for Rajathi.
[47]
M K Azhagiri,
Kanthi Azhagiri
133650 million
[42]
6 August
2011
Azhagiri owns 18 acres and 63 cents of agricultural land, 1 acre and 82 cents plus 23,278 sq ft non-agricultural
land, a 20 cent plot, flats in Chennai and Madurai, 400 million in fixed deposit and 13.9 million in his savings
account.
[42]
Kanimozhi 845 million
[39]
4 June 2007
She owns fixed deposits worth Rs658 million, a commercial building in Anna Salai worth Rs16.1 million,
shares worth Rs350,000,000 in a company called Westgate Logistics, gold and diamond jewellery worth
Rs361,000,000 and a car, Toyota Camry worth Rs1870,000.
[39]
Dayanidhi Maran
29.4 billion
[48]
[49]
3 September
2011
He and his wive have shares in RIL, Reliance Communications, RNRL and DK Enterprises.
[48][49]
See also
Political families of the world
Notes
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