Su. Venkatesan is a twitter politician, says P. Saravanan

AIADMK candidate Dr. Saravanan criticizes CPI(M) candidate Venkatesan's lack of development in Madurai, confident of winning Lok Sabha election.

The fight in Madurai Lok Sabha constituency is between the AIADMK and the CPI(M) (DMK alliance), says AIADMK candidate P. Saravanan.

A doctor by profession, Dr. Saravanan calls sitting MP and CPI(M) candidate Su. Venkatesan a Twitter politician looking for fame on social media, while interacting with The Hindu on Tuesday.

Mr. Venkatesan has not done anything for the development of the Madurai constituency, but for taking credit for good works of others, he charges.

Mr. Saravanan, a former MLA of the DMK, was elected from Tirupparankundram assembly segment on DMK ticket in the 2019 by-election. Though the stint as an MLA was for a short period, he says that the people of Tirupparankundram constituency remember various works carried out by him for the welfare of the people.

Highlighting his achievements as an MLA, he says that being a doctor he prioritised and provided healthcare assistance to the people. He has conducted surgeries to the needy people and distributed artificial limbs to differently abled people through a charitable trust run by him.

When the area was reeling under a severe water crisis, he supplied water to the households, particularly the rural pockets, through tanker lorries. “People of Tirupparankundram constituency still fondly recall my contributions,” he says.

“Mr. Venkatesan has failed to fulfil the promises made by him during the 2019 polls, including waiver of education loans. While he claims that he has achieved success in implementing them, he hasn’t even fully utilised the MP funds for the welfare of the people.”