R. Indira Kumari (1950/1951 – 15 April 2024) was an Indian politician and minister from the state of Tamil Nadu.
[1] She served as a Social welfare minister in the J. Jayalalithaa cabinet during 1991–96.
She switched parties and joined the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) in 2006.
[2][3] On 29 September 2021, Indira Kumari and her husband, Babu, were convicted in a misappropriation of funds case, filed in 1996.
The special court for MLAs and MPs sentenced them to five years in prison.