The Kanniyakumari Lok Sabha constituency, which has been won by candidates of the DMK, the BJP and the Congress in the last three Parliamentary elections of 2009, 2014, 2019 and the 2021 by-election, is now ready for the upcoming 2024 elections, with a new entrant in the fray: the Naam Tamilar Katchi.
While Pon. Radhakrishnan of the BJP or Vijay Vasanth, son of late Congress veteran H. Vasantha Kumar are seen as prominent faces both in their respective parties and in State politics, this election could be a tough game considering various political events that have taken place in the past few years. People of Kanniyakumari are now becoming familiar with a new face: the NTK’s 42-year-old Maria Jennifer Clara Michael.
Ms. Maria Jennifer, who hails from a fishing community will be contesting for the first time in an election. A computer science engineering graduate, she has completed an MBA and has worked for over 15 years in Dubai, and had served as the Gulf region head for Samsung.
