Vanathi Srinivasan
Member of Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Assumed office
7 May 2021
Preceded byAmman K. Arjunan
ConstituencyCoimbatore South
President of the BJP Mahila Morcha
Assumed office
28 October 2020
PresidentJagat Prakash Nadda
Preceded byVijaya Rahatkar
Vice President of the Bharatiya Janata Party, Tamil Nadu
In office
3 July 2020 – 28 October 2020
PresidentL. Murugan
General Secretary of the Bharatiya Janata Party, Tamil Nadu
In office
16 August 2014 – 3 July 2020
PresidentTamilisai Soundararajan
L. Murugan
Personal details
Born
Vanathi Kandaswamy

(1970-06-06) 6 June 1970
Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
SpouseSu Srinivasan
Children2
ResidenceChennai, Tamil Nadu
Alma mater
ProfessionPolitician, lawyer
Websitevanathisrinivasan.com

Vanathi Srinivasan (/ʋaːnati/) is an Indian politician and a lawyer.[1] She has practiced law in Madras High Court since 1993.[2] She is a member of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly from Coimbatore South constituency.[3] She currently serves as National President of the Women's Wing of the Bharatiya Janata Party. She is member of Central Election Committee of Bharatiya Janata Party since 2022.[4][5]

Personal life and education

Vanathi Srinivasan was born on 6 June 1970 to Kandasamy and Poovathal in Uliyampalayam Village near Thondamuthur block in Coimbatore. She is the eldest child in her family and she has a brother named Shiva Kumar. She did her schooling at Thondamuthur Higher Secondary School. She went on to pursue her UG program in Chemistry from PSG College of Arts and Science. She graduated from Dr. Ambedkar Government Law College, Chennai in 1993 and went on to achieve a master's degree in law from the University of Madras in the branch of International Constitution in 1995.[6]

Vanathi is married to Su. Srinivasan. They have two sons.[7][8]

Career

Vanathi is a lawyer by profession.[9] She started her professional career in 1993, working for Shri. B. S. Gnanadesikan, Senior Advocate (Formerly Tamil Nadu Congress Committee President). She has been practicing law in Chennai High Court for more than two decades. Vanathi was also a Standing Counsel for Southern Railway and Union Government, she was a former state secretary of BJP Tamil Nadu and also served as board member of Central Board of Film Certification.[10][11] She contested in 2011 & 2016 Tamil Nadu State Assembly election as BJP candidate.

Political career

Vanathi Srinivasan's association with the BJP spans more than three decades. She has been a member of BJP since 1993 and has held various positions in the party since 1999.[12] She was appointed a State Secretary of the BJP Tamil Nadu in 2013 and continued until 2014 when she was appointed the General Secretary of the BJP Tamil Nadu, a post she continued until June 2020 when she was elevated as the State Vice President of the BJP Tamil Nadu.[13] On 28 October 2020, Bharatiya Janata Party National President Jagat Prakash Nadda appointed Vanathi Srinivasan as the National President of the BJP Mahila Morcha.[14][15][16] She was added into Central Election Committee of Bharatiya Janata Party in 2022.[4][5]

2016 Assembly elections

Vanathi Srinivasan secured 33,113 votes in the Coimbatore South Assembly Election 2016.[17]

2021 Assembly elections

She successfully contested the 2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election from Coimbatore South constituency on a BJP ticket. She defeated actor Kamal Haasan of Makkal Needhi Maiam.[18]

Elections contested

Elections Constituency Party Result Margin % Votes Opposition Candidate Opposition Party % votes
2011 Tamil Nadu assembly election Mylapore BJP Lost 73,152 4.84% Rajalakshmi R ADMK 56.03%
2016 Tamil Nadu assembly election Coimbatore South BJP Lost 26,675 21.57% Amman K. Arjunan ADMK 38.94%
2021 Tamil Nadu assembly election Coimbatore South BJP Won 1,728 34.38% Kamal Haasan MNM 33.26%

Controversy

Disproportionate asset allegation

Vanathi Srinivasan property values based on the affidavit of the 2011 state assembly elections were ₹1,16,59,891 and in the 2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election her property value is ₹6,12,84,509 with shares from the company Zylog Systems, a company known for its alleged involvement in multi-crore stock market scams and bank frauds. In the five years (2011-2016) her assets increased by 525%. Her friend in the BJP, Sankara Narayanan and Balasubramaniya Adithyan claimed that these assets are gained by the Vanathi's family through corruption and misappropriation of their political power. They claimed that Srinivasan's brother, Shivakumar Kandhasamy who is the Vice President of the Company Zylog Systems, was brought inside the company earlier by Srinivasan to commit bank fraud and thus she became rich.[19] Zylog Systems India's founders are RSS members. Srinivasan said that they were family friends and that she had first provided legal advice to the company in exchange for 20,000 shares worth ₹1,000,000 to her family.[20] Vanathi Srinivasan then denied any involvement with the company and stated that there was no proof to back up the allegations.[21][22]

The AIADMK filed criminal cases of assault on Vanathi Srinivasan and six other members including the Hindu Munnani district President T. Guna in Coimbatore during the state assembly campaigns of 2016. The Madras High court granted her an anticipatory bail for the case in August 2016.[23]

Tamil Nadu bifurcation proposal

Vanathi supports the idea of bifurcating Tamil Nadu to create a separate Kongu Nadu union territory.[24][25][26]

Social activism

Vanathi founded Thamarai Shakthi Trust – an NGO working for Women Empowerment.[7][27] She was the State Organiser for Sister Nivedita 150th Birth Anniversary Celebrations.[28] Vanathi supported Asian games medallist Santhi Soundarajan's Justice for Santhi campaign to end the sex verification test for women in sports. She also initiated water conservation projects in Coimbatore to protect the local water bodies.[29]

References

  1. ↑ Menon, Jaya (31 May 2019). "BJP looks for new party chief in Tamil Nadu". The Times of India. Retrieved 24 December 2019.
  2. ↑ "Vanathi Srinivasan elevated as BJP women's wing president". The New Indian Express. 29 October 2020. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
  3. ↑ "Tamil Nadu: Kamal Haasan Loses to BJP's Vanathi Srinivasan in Coimbatore South". 3 May 2021.
  4. 1 2 Hebbar, Nistula (17 August 2022). "Nadda drops Gadkari, brings in Yediyurappa in BJP rejig". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  5. 1 2 "Nitin Gadkari, Shivraj Singh Chouhan dropped from BJP's parliamentary board". The Indian Express. 17 August 2022. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  6. ↑ "Vanathi Srinivasan: Age, Biography, Education, Husband, Caste, Net Worth & More - Oneindia". www.oneindia.com. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
  7. 1 2 "वानाथी श्रीनिवासन: आयु, जीवनी, शिक्षा, पति, जाति, संपत्ति, भाषण, राजनीतिक दल - Oneindia Hindi". www.oneindia.com (in Hindi). Retrieved 22 December 2021.
  8. ↑ "Vanathi Srinivasan(Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP)):Constituency- COIMBATORE SOUTH(COIMBATORE) - Affidavit Information of Candidate". myneta.info. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
  9. ↑ "TN BJP leader hosts chat shows on Facebook". The Hindu. 23 May 2016. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
  10. ↑ "Censor Board, News Today". News Today. 19 January 2015. Retrieved 27 September 2016.
  11. ↑ "Actor Surya held, out on bail". Deccan Herald. 24 August 2005. Archived from the original on 27 September 2016. Retrieved 27 September 2016.
  12. ↑ "Vanathi Srinivasan: Party Veteran And BJP's Hope For Coimbatore South". NDTV.com. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
  13. ↑ "Office bearers announced for BJP Tamil Nadu, V.P. Duraisamy, Vanathi Srinivasan named State vice presidents". The Hindu. 3 July 2020. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
  14. ↑ "Vanathi Srinivasan Appointed Chief Of BJP Mahila Morcha". NDTV.com. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
  15. ↑ Rao, Madhu (28 October 2020). "Vanathi Srinivasan appointed BJP Mahila Morcha chief". www.indiatvnews.com. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
  16. ↑ "Vanathi Srinivasan Appointed Chief of BJP Mahila Morcha". All India Legal Forum. 29 October 2020. Archived from the original on 22 December 2021. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
  17. ↑ Madhavan, Karthik (12 September 2016). "In Coimbatore, BJP performs better than DMDK-PWF-TMC". The Hindu. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
  18. ↑ "BJP announces candidates for Tamil Nadu election, Khushbu Sundar to contest from Chennai".
  19. ↑ வினவு (14 August 2017). "தமிழக பா.ஜ.க-வின் ஊழல்கள் : பகுதி 1 – வானதி சீனிவாசன்". வினவு. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  20. ↑ தாசன், புரட்டு. "ஆர்எஸ்எஸ்-பாஜக கூட்டுக்கொள்ளையில் தமிழகத்தின் பங்கு – வானதி சீனிவாசன் – ஜைலாக் கனெக்சன் ஊழல் ஆதாரம் பார்ட் -2". Ungal News Tamil. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  21. ↑ Mathi (22 May 2017). "என்னைப் பற்றி வதந்தி பரப்பும் விஷமி ... ஜாக்கிரதை.. வானதி சீனிவாசன் போட்டு தாக்குவது யாரை?". tamil.oneindia.com (in Tamil). Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  22. ↑ "ED takes action against Zylog systems - Does it spell trouble for BJP's Vanathi Srinivasan?". simplicity.in. 11 March 2019. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  23. ↑ Subramani, A. (8 August 2016). "Madras HC grants anticipatory bail to BJP leader Vanathi Srinivasan". The Times of India. Retrieved 24 December 2019.
  24. ↑ "In Tamil Nadu, murmurs of state bifurcation provoke a backlash". Hindustan Times. 19 July 2021.
  25. ↑ "அப்போதே தனியாகத்தான் இருந்திருக்கிறது கொங்கு நாடு... வானதி சீனிவாசன் தகவலால் பரபரப்பு..!".
  26. ↑ "DMK, Left slam Tamil Nadu BJP for allegedly stoking 'Kongu Nadu' controversy".
  27. ↑ "तमिलनाडु चुनावः कौन हैं वनाथी श्रीनिवासन जिन्होंने कमल हासन को हराया". News Nation (in Hindi). Retrieved 22 December 2021.
  28. ↑ "Sister Nivedita ratha yatra flagged off". The Hindu. 23 January 2018. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
  29. ↑ "Uliyampalayam pond fills up". The Hindu. 23 April 2017. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
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