Jothimani

Jothimani
ஜோதிமணி
Personal details
Born (1975-08-09) 9 August 1975
Periya Thirumangalam, Aravakurichi, Karur District, Tamil Nadu, India
Nationality Indian
Political party Indian National Congress
Residence Periyathirumangalam, Koodalur West Village, Aravakurichi, Karur District, Tamil Nadu
Occupation Writer, political and social worker
Religion Hinduism

Jothimani Sennimalai (Tamil: ஜோதிமணி சென்னிமலை; born 9 August 1975) is an Indian politician from Tamil Nadu, India. She entered politics at a very young age. She was the General Secretary of Indian Youth Congress for few years. Her knowledge skills in Tamil, Hindi, Malayalam and English helped her to go various parts of India as well as other countries in her political career.

Early life and education

Jothimani was born on 9 August 1975 at Periya Thirumangalam, Aravakurichi, Karur District to Sennimalai and Muthulakshmi.[1] Her father Sennimalai was a farmer. She lost her father Sennimalai in her childhood. With the support of her mother Muthulakshmi, she completed her Graduation at Sri G.V.G Visalakshi College for Women, Udumalaipet. During her college days, she was elected as Chairman of College Students Union. She was active participant in the NSS Camps in college and took part in social service activities. She was Member of Tamil Nadu Censor Board during 2006 to 2009.

Degree

Political career

Jothimani enter the field of politics at her age of 22. She was an active worker in Indian Youth Congress and a close associate of the Indian National Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi.[3]

She has represented the Indian Youth Congress at international forums like American Council for Young Political Leaders that was held in the US in 2006 and Asian Young Leader's Summit 2009 in Malaysia. She was also selected for Vital-Voice of Asia-Asian women Leaders meet-2010-New Delhi.[4]

Jothimani contested in the Tamil Nadu state assembly election, 2011 and Indian general election, 2014.

Elections

contested

Elections Constituency Party Result Vote percentage Opposition Candidate Opposition Party Opposition vote percentage
Tamil Nadu state assembly election, 2011KarurINC Lost 34.10Senthil Balaji. VAIADMK61.18[5]
Indian general election, 2014KarurINC Lost 2.91M. ThambiduraiAIADMK51.64[6]

Tamil Nadu state assembly election, 2016

Jothimani launched her election campaign in Aravakurichi constituency in July 2015 for Tamil Nadu state assembly election, 2016. She has intensified the campaign on the ground and through social media as well. She has been meeting various sections of the people in the constituency and called upon them to give a "missed call" if they supported her candidature. Calendars and pamphlets explaining the initiative have been distributed across the constituency. Her Facebook and Twitter accounts with the hashtag, 'Aravakurichi 2016,' are replete with postings and pictures of her interaction with voters of the constituency. She has also formed youth groups to reach out to the voters.[7]

Between the time the DMK and Congress declared that the national party – Congress would contest from 41 seats and the announcement about which the seats were, there was a rather extended period of silence, filled with suspense. When Aravakurichi did not figure on the Congress list, Jothimani unleashed a volley of strong criticisms and even threatened to contest as an independent candidate. But the alliance leader put its foot down, refusing to concede. For one, this is one of the rare seats that the DMK bagged in the last Assembly election. More importantly, the sitting MLA, the one who is seeking re-election this time, is K C Palanisamy, an important leader in the party affairs in many ways.[8]

After a meeting with her supporters, she said that she has decided not to contest in the Aravakurichi constituency in the overall interest of the Congress party.[9] The Election was about to be held on 16 May 2016.[10] Then the election commission postponed it to 23 May 2016 and again postpone the polling along with Thanjavur Assembly constituencies to 13 June 2013.[11] Finally Election Commission cancels polls to Aravakurichi and Thanjavur Assembly seats.[12]

Positions held

State Level[1]

National Level[1]

Books

Awards

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Karur Jothimani: Jothimani Biodata English". karurjothimani.blogspot.in. Retrieved 2016-08-10.
  2. 1 2 ADR. "Jothimani(Indian National Congress(INC)):Constituency- KARUR(KARUR) – Affidavit Information of Candidate:". myneta.info. Retrieved 2016-08-10.
  3. 1 2 "Jothimani gets Congress ticket for Karur Lok Sabha seat". The Hindu. 26 March 2014. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2016-08-10.
  4. ↑ "IIM grads, techies set to contest Tamil Nadu polls". electionnow.tv. Retrieved 2016-08-10.
  5. ↑ http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2011/stat_TN_May2011.pdf
  6. ↑ http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/archiveofge2014/33%20-%20Constituency%20wise%20detailed%20result.pdf
  7. ↑ "Jothimani's campaign kicks up row in Karur". The Hindu. 12 March 2016. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2016-08-10.
  8. ↑ "Why Jothimani Did Not Stand a Chance Against KCP". Retrieved 2016-08-10.
  9. ↑ "Jothimani agreed not to contest". The Hindu. 18 April 2016. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2016-08-10.
  10. ↑ "Aravakurichi Assembly Election 2016 Latest News & Results". Retrieved 2016-08-10.
  11. ↑ "Polls in Aravakurichi, Thanjavur further postponed to June 13". The Hindu. 20 May 2016. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2016-08-10.
  12. ↑ "Election Commission cancels polls to Aravakurichi and Thanjavur Assembly seats". Retrieved 2016-08-10.
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