Tamil Nadu Assembly Election 2021: This Candidate Is Promising Helicopters, Rs 1 Crore And A Trip To Moon

Tamil Nadu Assembly Election: Thulam Saravanan, who lives with his poor elderly parents, says he borrowed money for interest to pay the Rs 20,000 deposit to file his nomination papers.

A mini-helicopter and an annual deposit of Rs one crore for every home, gold jewellery for weddings, a three-storey house - a candidate in Tamil Nadu has promised the moon to voters. A trip to the moon is also on Thulam Saravanan's list of promises. Thulam Saravanan is an independent candidate contesting the April 6 Tamil Nadu election from the Madurai South constituency. His manifesto and its outlandish promises have certainly grabbed attention in the constituency where there are 13 more candidates. "My aim is to raise awareness against people falling for freebies by political parties. I want them to choose good candidates who are ordinary humble people," the 33-year-old journalist-turned-candidate told NDTV. In other words, to highlight tall promises by netas, he is making them. His poll symbol is also a dustbin. The message - if you want to fall for promises that can never be met, you might as well throw your votes in a dustbin.