Rajathi Ammal is famous for being the third wife of former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi. In 2016, she made headlines alongside corporate lobbyist Niira Radia over a controversial land transfer case. Check out Rajathi Ammal wiki, age, husband, family, kids, caste, controversies, biography, facts and more.
Biography/Wiki
Rajathi Ammal is a 73-year-old widow born in 1945 in Tamil Nadu, India. She was interested in acting from an early age and began her career in the mid-1960s as part of a theater troupe run by poet Kannadasan.
She resides at 14-1 Main Road No. 1, CIT Colony, Mylapore, Chennai.
family, caste and husband
Rajati Amar was born into a Hindu family. She fell in love with and secretly married M. Karunanidhi during his election campaign in the late 1960s, who was married to the late Padmavathi and active businesswoman Dayalu Ammal. Rajathi is not Karunanidhi’s legal wife.
Padmavathi (M. Karunanidhi’s first wife)
Rajathi Ammal with her husband and Dayalu Ammal
On January 5, 1968, she gave birth to an only child, Kanimozhi (daughter), who was a member of the Tamil Nadu Federal Assembly. Her son-in-law G. Aravindaan is a software professional, grandson Adithyan and 1 other person.
Rajathi Ammal with her husband, daughter, son-in-law and grandson
stepchildren
Rajathi Ammal is also a stepmother of 4 sons and 1 daughter. Here is a list of her stepchildren.
Step-son (with Padmavathi) – MK Muthu (politician)
Rajathi Ammal’s stepson MK Muthu
Step-son and daughter (with Dayalu Ammal) – MK Alagiri (Politician), MK Stalin (Politician), MK Tamilarasu (Producer), Selvi Geetha Kovilam (Politician)
Rajathi Ammal’s stepchildren (from left) – Selvi Geetha Kovilam, MK Tamilarasu, MK Alagiri, MK Stalin
genealogy
Here is her family tree:
dispute
In 2009, she was embroiled in controversy while speaking to corporate lobbyist Niira Radia when she was supposed to discuss a Rs 100-crore land deal in Chennai that belonged to Tata-owned Voltas and was allegedly transferred in the name of industrialist Sammu Sangmugnathan is priced at Rs 25 crore. Thereafter, the CBI cross-examined the statements of Rajathi and Radia, CA Ratnam and Kanimozhi’s close aide S Saravanan and Sangmugnathan, but the CBI did not find any evidence to prove the alleged transfer of land.
salary/net worth
Rajathi Ammal’s salary as a businesswoman is Rs. 1.67 billion/year (as of 2011) and net assets of Rs. 210 million (movable assets, as of 2011).
style quotient
Rajati owns gold jewelery and ornaments worth Rs. 900,000 (approximately) and other corporate investments. She is the owner of “West Gate Logistics Pvt Ltd”.
fact
- Rajati and the extramarital affair entered the public domain when Karunanidhi preferred to refer to Rajati as the mother of his daughter Kanimozhi.
Rajathi Ammal with her husband M. Karunanidhi and Kanimozhi
- Their marriage was illegal under the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, as having more than one wife at the same time is a crime from a legal perspective. Therefore, they got married as per DMK’s new marriage tradition “Swayam Maryada Kalyanam”.
- In the 2016 parliamentary election, her stepson Stalin took over his father’s position and became his political heir.
Rajathi Ammal stepson MK Stalin and her husband M. Karunanidhi
Categories: Biography
Source: HIS Education