Dayanidhi Maran served as the Minister of Communications and IT from May 2004 to May 2007 in the UPA government. A. Raja, who is often associated with the 2G scam, actually became Telecom Minister later (2007-2009), which can cause confusion. Kanimozhi is a politician and Karunanidhi was the DMK chief, not Telecom Ministers during this period.