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The politics in Karunanidhi household
No other family in Indian politics can claim to have so many ministers at state and national level.
M Karunanidhi (L) Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu and leader of Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) party attends a meeting besides his son MK Stalin, Deputy Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu at party headquarters in Chennai on March 8, 2011.

Dayanidhi Maran
Union Textiles Minister and leader of the Dravida Munnetra Kazagham (DMK) party. Maran recently threatened to quit the ruling Congress-led coalition over a disagreement over parliamentary seats in the Tamil Nadu elections.

Dayanidhi Maran is the nephew of Chief Minister M Karunanidhi.


MK Stalin
MK Stalin is the third son of famous politician of Tamil Nadu, Karunanidhi. He was born to his second wife Dayalu Ammal and was named after Joseph Stalin, who had died in the same year as his birth. MK Stalin is a DMK leader and the Deputy Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu.

Kanimozhi
Kanimozhi Karunanidhi is a Member of Parliament, representing Tamil Nadu in the Rajya Sabha. Kanimozhi is the daughter of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Karunanidhi and his third wife Rajathi Ammal. On March 11, 2011, Kanimozhi was questioned by the Central Bureau of Investigation at the DMK headquarters in Chennai, in relation to an apparent flow of over Rs 200 crore from Shahid Balwa's DB Realty firm to Kalaignar TV, the regional Tamil channel in which Kanimozhi is alleged to have a 20 percent stake.


MK Azhagiri
MK Azhagiri, the Union Minister for Chemicals and Fertilizers is the second son of the head of Dravida Munnetra Kazagham, M Karunanidhi. His mother, Dayaalu Ammal, is the second wife of M Karunanidhi.