- Ko.Si. Mani
Ko.Si. Mani is the present minister for
co-operation ,statistics andex-servicemen in theTamil Nadu state ofIndia . He was born at 13-September-1929 inMekkirimangalam . He has received school education till 9th standard. He has a son named Mathialagan and daughters named Manimegalai and Pushpa. [ [http://www.hinduonnet.com/2003/05/21/stories/2003052105920400.htm Mani's Children] ] Pushpa passed away on 29 June 2008. [ [http://www.thehindu.com/2008/06/29/stories/2008062959650700.htm mani's daughter passes away] ]Political career
He is one of the long standing members of
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam . He has been elected to the legislative assembly five times and legislative council two times. He is elected to the present assembly fromkumbakonam constituency. [ [http://www.assembly.tn.gov.in/disp_ind.asp?prof_id=236 Ko.Si. Mani profile at the Tamil Nadu government website] ]Corruption Charges
During
Jayalalitha 's rule inTamil Nadu , Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption filed charges against him on 20 May 2003 in connection with disproprtionate accumulation of wealth during his tenure as a Local Administration Minister in the previous assembly. The Directorate registered a case against Mani and his second wife under Section 13 (1) (e) read with 13 (2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act and Section 109 IPC. [ [http://www.hinduonnet.com/2003/05/21/stories/2003052105920400.htm DVAC searches in Ko. Si. Mani's houses] ]Tamaraikani attack
He was accused along with The
Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam general secretary,Vaiko and theCommunist Party of India leader,K. Idumbaiyan , in a case of alleged assault onR. Tamaraikani , the then AIADMK leader, during an election campaign at Siddharkadu on May 19, 1984 [ [http://www.hinduonnet.com/2005/04/28/stories/2005042802670500.htm Tamaraikani Attack Accusation] ] and later acquitted [ [http://www.hinduonnet.com/2005/05/03/stories/2005050302410400.htm Tamaraikani Attack case acquittal] ]References
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