All India Mahila Empowerment Party leader Subramanyam Sharma, who is contesting from Malleswaram seat in the Karnataka Assembly elections, is the grandson of former Presidents Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan and VV Giri. While VV Giri was Sharma's paternal grandfather's brother, the leader's father was S Radhakrishnan's nephew. The 44-year-old leader had quit his business to join politics.