'I'm well known in R K Nagar, will surely win'

It's more than 20 years since the DMK won the

R K Nagar

assembly seat. In the 1996 assembly election, T Rajender was elected from R K Nagar and since then the constituency has favoured only the AIADMK.DMK candidate

Maruthu Ganesh

spoke to B Sivakumar on his strengths and why R K Nagar people should favour him.

You were a surprise candidate of the DMK, pitted against heavyweights like T T V Dhinakaran, E Madhusudhanan and Gangai Amaran. What are your chances?
The AIADMK is a divided house. Voters prefer someone who is easily accessible, rather than a high-profile candidate.

What are your strengths?I have been a resident of R K Nagar for the past 40 years and I know the people and every street in the area. I know all their problems too. Unlike other candidates, I do door-todoor campaign and it helps me meet every voter.

If elected, what do you propose to do for the constituency?First and foremost is clean drinking water and sanitation facility. Trans port facility is pretty bad. The constituency needs a bus stand, train connectivity, playgrounds, parks, and place for garbage segregation and disposal. I promise to provide all these to the voters.

Why have the people of R KNagar voted continuously for the AIADMK since 1996?People were carried away by the promises made by the AIADMK. Every Tuesday, people used to assemble at designated places to give representations to government officials for multifarious reasons. The illiterate among them had spent money to get their representations written by others.Some others had taken leave and stood in queue thinking that being chief minister's constituency, help would be forthcoming without any delay. But none of those representations were attended to by the AIADMK government.