Jothimani trying her best to win in this AIADMK bastion
The Hindu
The Karur Lok Sabha constituency is witnessing a keen contest between incumbent Member of Parliament S. Jothimani of the Congress and L. Thangavel, a debutant of the AIADMK
The Karur Lok Sabha constituency, which had gained notoriety for seizure of unaccounted money during recent elections, is witnessing a keen contest between incumbent Member of Parliament S. Jothimani of the Congress and L. Thangavel, a debutant of the AIADMK.
Ms. Jothimani and Mr. Thangavel are among the 54 candidates in the fray. While BJP has fielded V.V. Senthilnathan, Naam Tamilar Kartchi has nominated R. Karuppaiah.
The six Assembly segments of the constituency are spread over Karur, Tiruchi, Pudukottai and Dindigul districts and is dominated by Kongu Vellalars, an intermediate caste, followed by dalits.
Mukkulathors dominate in Viralimalai Assembly segment in Pudukottai district. Karur has been a bastion of the AIADMK for long and the party nominees have been elected to Parliament six times since 1971.
They emerged victorious in the elections held in 1989, 1991, 1998, 1999, 2009, and 2014. The Congress won five times in 1971, 1977, 1980, 1984, and 2019 elections. The DMK won in 2004 and the TMC in 1996.
The Karur Assembly segment is a thriving textile hub with a concentration of textile, tailoring, embroidery, and dyeing units. This apart, the town is known for its bus body building and mosquito nets making units. Krishnarayapuram, Aravakurichi, Vedasandur, Manapparai, and Viralimalai are primarily rural and agrarian segments.
The industrial units in Karur provide direct employment to nearly three lakh people and the textile units and their ancillaries produce various products worth about ₹9,000 crore a year. The volume of exports constitutes about ₹6,000 crore.
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