Sasikala Pushpa Ramaswamy is member of the Parliament of India representing Tamil Nadu in the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of parliament.
She was mayor of Thoothukudi Municipal Corporation from 2011 to 2014.
In August 2016 it was alleged that she had been expelled from the AIADMK party after an altercation with DMK MP Tiruchi Siva at Delhi IGI airport.
In July 2017 the Supreme Court found that no expulsion notice had been served and that she had not, in fact been expelled by the party.