Vijay Vasanth
Vijay Vasanth | |
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Vijay Vasanth at the Velaikkaran Audio Launch in 2017 | |
| Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | |
| Assumed office 19 July 2021 | |
| Preceded by | H. Vasanthakumar |
| Constituency | Kanniyakumari |
| General Secretary of the Tamil Nadu Congress Committee | |
| Assumed office 2 January 2021 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 20 May 1983 Nagercoil, Tamil Nadu, India |
| Political party | Indian National Congress |
| Spouse | Nithya (m. 2010) |
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Vijay Vasanth (born Vijayakumar Vasanthakumar on 20 May 1983) is an Indian politician who is a Member of Parliament from Kanyakumari Loksabha constituency. He contested and won the bypoll that took place for Kanyakumari Loksabha constituency in May 2021. He is an actor who worked in Tamil films. He is the son of the late politician and entrepreneur H. Vasanthakumar and is the managing director of Vasanth & Co.
He entered politics in 2021 after the death of his father, taking up the mantle of General secretary of the Tamil Nadu Congress Committee.