Ko.Si. Mani

Ko.Si. Mani is the present minister for co-operation, statistics and ex-servicemen in the Tamil Nadu state of India. He was born at 13-September-1929 in Mekkirimangalam. 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 from kumbakonam 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 in Tamil 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 the Communist Party of India leader, K. Idumbaiyan, in a case of alleged assault on R. 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] ]

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