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Former minister Jennifer Chandran, DMK ex-MLA dead
Former DMK minister S Jennifer Chandran (62) and ex-MLA ‘Thousand Lights’ SAM Hussain passed away after illness on Tuesday. Family sources said Jennifer had been suffering from kidney related ailments since 2015 and has been undergoing treatment in a private hospital in Madurai. She was hospitalised since July 22 after her condition deteriorated.
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Despite treatment, she breathed her last at 2 30 pm. The last rites would be held in her native Tiruchendur in Thoothukudi district.
She was elected from Tiruchendur Assembly constituency in 1996 elections and served as Minister for Fisheries in the DMK government from 1996-2001. However, in the 2001 Assembly elections, she lost to AIADMK’s R Anitha Radhakrishnan.
The Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (DVAC) sleuths conducted raids on the house of Jenifer and few senior leaders in August 2002 in the disproportionate assets case, after the DMK had lost power to the AIADMK-led by the late chief minister J Jayalalithaa.
In 2004, she joined the AIADMK and held various positions, including the party’s state fisher-folk wing joint secretary post and Thoothukudi district in-charge.
Jennifer was among some senior AIADMK leaders removed from party’s key-posts after Jayalalithaa retained power in 2016.
Perturbed over this, Jennifer yet again returned to the DMK just before the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.
Meanwhile, in Chennai, Hussain who held various important posts in the DMK died due to illness.
Popularly called as ‘Thousand Lights’ Hussain, he was at present the DMK Headquarters Secretary.
DMK president MK Stalin condoled his death in person.
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