Kanimozhi Karunanidhi lends ear to villagers' grievances in Thoothukudii

Thoothukudi: The DMK women's wing leader, Ms. Kanimozhi Karunanidhi's grama sabha meetings in Thoothukudi was more a campaign for the ensuing general elections than a rural outreach programme.

Meeting villagers of around ten revenue villages in the Kurukkusalai panchayat in the district on Friday evening, the DMK Rajya Sabha MP, Kanimozhi, patiently heard out grievances of the villagers for about 15 minutes and meticulously took notes of the people's demands.

Later answering the people for about a half-an-hour, Kanimozhi promised to fulfill all the basic amenities like drinking water facility, proper drainage and road facilities, schools at every village. She also promised the people to take appropriate action for the closure of Tasmac shops once the DMK comes back to power in the state.

Kanimozhi, believed to be contemplating to conduct the Lok Sabha elections from Thoothukudi constituency, however, said that she could not decide on that and as a member of the DMK would abide by the collective decision of the party about contesting in the Lok Sabha poll. She also met a group of employees of Sterlite earlier at the Thoothukudi airport, who presented a petition to her.