Ministers of State

Shashi Tharoor is a former UN under-secretary general and an author. He won his maiden election from Thiruvananthapuram in Kerala on Congress ticket.

S Jagathrakshakan is a third term DMK MP from Arrakonam in TN. He was the leader of the AIADMK in the Lok Sabha in 1985.

D Napoleon is a DMK MP from Perambalur in TN.He is the only actor to win from Tamil Nadu in the 2009 polls.

S S Palanimanickam is a five-time MP of the DMK from Tamil Nadu. He is a former Union Minister of State for Finance.

Mohan Jatua is a former Additional Deputy Inspector General of Kolkata Police and a Trinamool Congress MP from Mathurapur in West Bengal.