Watch: AIADMK Candidate Washes Clothes, Promises Voters Washing Machines

Assembly Election 2021: A candidate in Tamil Nadu fielded by the state's ruling AIADMK, was seen on Monday trying what looked like a novel campaign around laundry. Watch the video here

It is hard to get noticed in a sea of candidates and one candidate in Tamil Nadu went to great lengths to catch the attention of voters ahead of the April 6 state election. Thanga Kathiravan, a candidate fielded by the state's ruling AIADMK, was seen on Monday trying what looked like a novel campaign around laundry. Tamil Nadu: AIADMK candidate Thanga Kathiravan from Nagapattinam washed clothes and promised to give washing machine after winning elections during campaigning yesterday. pic.twitter.com/orDGoRFUhn Tamil Nadu: Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK) workers campaign by painting the party's symbol on their body in support of their candidate Aloor Shanavas in Nagapattinam constituencyVCK has an alliance with Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) for #TamilNaduElections2021pic.twitter.com/k1kKRpyWq9 Squatting on the pavement, he washed clothes and promised washing machines if he won the vote. Thanga Kathivaran is contesting from Nagapattinam.  A video of the AIADMK candidate, posted on Twitter by news agency ANI, shows Thanga Kathivaran scrubbing clothes in a bucket full of soapy water. He is seen surrounded by a number of AIADMK party workers watching him and a few even tried to help transfer water from buckets.