Who Is Jayanthi Natarajan?

Ms Natarajan, 57, was the earlier minister of state in the civil aviation and parliamentary affairs ministries in the United Front government when she was with the Tamil Maanila Congress (TMC).

She is the first minister of state for the Congress from Tamil Nadu.

Granddaughter of former Tamil Nadu chief minister M. Bakthavatsalam of the Congress, Ms Natarajan, a lawyer by profession, is the Congress spokesperson and a former newscaster for Doordarshan. She is certainly the most popular Congress face in Tamil Nadu.

Ms Natarajan practised in the Madras High Court and also did pro bono work for many social organisations. Read the full report here.

Source: NDTV, Chennai.