Chennai, April 9 -- DMK MP Kanimozhi Karunanidhi on Wednesday expressed grief on the demise of senior Congress leader and Tamil scholar Aiya Kumari Ananthan.

Kumari Ananthan, who passed away at the age of 93, due to age-related illness, was the father of Tamil Nadu BJP leader Tamilisai Soundarajan.

Kumari Ananthan was a member of the Tamil Nadu Assembly five times and a Congress Lok Sabha MP from the Nagarkoil constituency in 1977.

His body will be kept for homage at his daughter's residence in Chennai Saligramam.

Taking to social media X, the DMK MP in a post wrote that Ananthan had a great influence on the politics of Tamil Nadu and had a strong devotion to Mahatma Gandhi.

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