Vijay Vasanth

Vijay Vasanth (born Vijayakumar Vasanthakumar on 20 May 1983) is an Indian politician and former actor from Tamil Nadu who is a Member of Parliament from Kanyakumari Loksabha constituency. He contested and won the by-election in the Kanyakumari Loksabha constituency in May 2021. During his acting career he worked in Tamil films. He is the son of the late politician and entrepreneur H. Vasanthakumar and the managing director of Vasanth & Co. Vijay entered politics in 2021 after the death of his father, taking up the mantle of General secretary of the Tamil Nadu Congress Committee.