 Complete the following phrase:  Edathy was born in Hanover, Lower Saxony, the son of an immigrant from Kerala, India, and a German mother. He has studied sociology and published books on immigration and right-wing extremism. He was an SPD member of the Bundestag from 1998, representing Nienburg II  Schaumburg. He was a member of former Chancellor Gerhard Schröders redgreen coalition, and a member of Chancellor Angela Merkels grand coalition. He was the chairman of the Bundestag Committee on Interior Affairs and was chairman of the GermanIndian group of members of the Bundestag. He was re-elected in the general election in September 2009 and again in the 