Nanjil Sampath is an Indian politician and public speaker in the regional

Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (; DMK) is a political party based in the state of Tamil Nadu where it is currently the ruling party having a comfortable majority without coalition support and the union territory of Puducherry where it is curre ...

political party in Indian state of

Tamil Nadu Tamil Nadu (; , TN) is a state in southern India. It is the tenth largest Indian state by area and the sixth largest by population. Its capital and largest city is Chennai. Tamil Nadu is the home of the Tamil people, whose Tamil language ...

. He has also acted in a few Tamil movies.

Early life

He was born to Baskaran and Gomathi in Manalikarai (Manalikkara), Kothanallur panchayat, division, Kalkulam taluk, Kanyakumari district, Tamil Nadu. He completed his schooling at St. Mary Goretty School, Manalikarai and his M.A and M.Phil degrees from

South Travancore Hindu College South Travancore Hindu College, is a general degree college located in Nagercoil, Kanyakumari district, Tamil Nadu. It was established in the year 1952. The college is affiliated with Manonmaniam Sundaranar University Manonmaniam Sundaranar ...

. " Nanjil" in his name denotes his home district,

Kanyakumari Kanniyakumari (; , referring to Devi Kanya Kumari), also known as Cape Comorin, is a city in Kanniyakumari district in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. It is the southern tip of the Indian subcontinent and the southernmost city in mainland Ind ...

Political career

Sampath started his political career in

Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam The Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ( 'Renaissance Dravidian Progressive Federation') is a political party active in the Indian states of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry. It was established by Vaiko in 1994 after he left the Dravida Munnetra ...

(MDMK) in 1993, which he left in 2012. He joined

All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam The All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (; AIADMK) is an Indian regional political party with great influence in the state of Tamil Nadu and the union territory of Puducherry. It is a Dravidian party founded by the former chief mi ...

(AIADMK) in 2012. He served as deputy propaganda secretary from when he joined until 1 February 2016. He left AIADMK on 3 January 2017 when V. K. Sasikala was elected to lead the party, only to rejoin on 7 January 2017. For a brief period in 2017 until 2018 he was with the AIADMK'S breakaway Amma Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam (AMMK). He later joined and campaigned for the

(DMK) in the 2019 general elections.

Filmography

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References

People from Kanyakumari district Tamil Nadu politicians by party Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam politicians Living people Year of birth missing (living people) {{DMK-politician-stub