Puducherry: The constituency of Thattanchavady, which made Rangasamy an MLA, a minister, a chief minister, and the leader of a new party, has not been given any good scheme by the Chief Minister for the people of Thattanchavady who elevated him in this way, said DMK organizer Siva, criticizing him in the Thattanchavady constituency by-election.
In the Thattanchavady constituency by-election in Puducherry, DMK election in-charge MP Jagathrakshakan and state organizer Siva, along with DMK functionaries, are going door to door seeking votes in the Tilagar Nagar, Rajaji Nagar, Pakkumudayanpet, Avvai Nagar, and Ponniyamman Koil Street areas in support of candidate Sethu Selvam, who is contesting on behalf of the DMK.
As part of that, in the Kottupalayam area under the Thattanchavadi constituency, DMK organizer Siva, despite the rain, went door to door meeting people and collecting votes in support of candidate Sethu Selvam.
Continuing today, in the areas of Kottupalayam Mariamman Koil Street, Gokulan Street, Nagathamman Koil Street, and behind Selva Vinayagar Temple, DMK organizer Siva and Kalapet MLA Senthil (a) Ramesh campaigned in support of DMK candidate Sethu Selvam.
At that time, DMK organizer Siva said: “This by-election is an imposed election. The constituency of Thattanchavady, which made Rangasamy an MLA, a minister, a chief minister, and the leader of a new party, has not been given any good scheme by the Chief Minister for the people of Thattanchavady who elevated him in that way.
Even so, this time people voted believing it was the Chief Minister’s constituency. Even then, 5 percent of the people did not vote. Yet he has washed his hands of the constituency. Now, when the Chief Minister comes for campaigning, he says that the people of the Thattanchavady constituency are happy.
I don’t know what he did to make the people happy. The Chief Minister has said that a special economic zone will be set up. Is that possible when there is no government land at all in the Tattanjavadi industrial estate? A Chief Minister who has not fulfilled any election promise, including statehood.
Those appointed to government jobs are all waiting at the courthouse. There are still 10,000 vacancies in government departments. From this constituency, everyone who worked in subsidiary organizations like PACS and PAPSCO during his tenure is unemployed today.
Many workers have died by suicide due to lack of income. The government is still betraying workers who have been employed in government departments for more than 15 years by not making them permanent. Unemployment is rampant. They said they would continue distributing rice, but they did not. This government has been unable to implement any scheme like this. The DMK candidate, Sethu Selvam, is someone who was born and raised in this constituency.
He is someone who can keep fighting continuously for the people, for the working class, without rest or fatigue. Wherever the DMK candidate goes, people give him a very warm welcome. Rangasamy has become the Chief Minister. So this is your chance, people are expressing strong support. If you make him win, he will raise the constituency people’s issues in the Assembly as Puducherry’s voice,” said DMK organizer Siva.
