BJP candidate Uma Anandan, who courted controversy for supporting Mahatma Gandhi’s assassin Nathuram Godse, on Tuesday defeated Congress candidate from Ward 134 in West Mambalam by a margin of 2,036 votes.
In an interview to a Tamil YouTube channel last year, he had said that he was proud that Godse was a Hindu and had no regrets of supporting him. In fact, he said that he killed the Mahatma (quite) late. Since morning there was curiosity about her performance on Twitter and when she won, a clip in which she made remarks about Godse went viral.
Ms. Anandan, however, refrained from speaking about her controversial interview after being elected and was thoroughly shielded by her party men throughout the day.
He said Hindu Their priority will be to reduce the problem of floods in the area. “I have spoken about the problems of the ward during my election campaign and in my manifesto, especially during the floods. Water is entering the houses during the rainy season. If you go and look now, you will see that in some areas 90% of the flats on the ground floor are vacant. Those who had lived in old flats have now closed their houses and have gone elsewhere to live.”
“Many of them are senior citizens. Being displaced at this age is such a psychological blow to them. It’s not just financial alone. You know it’s psychological, mental trauma and financial trauma. So my first thing would be to address this problem of flood water entering homes and mixing with sewage water, creating other health hazards. Referring to the programmes of the central government, Ms Anandan said: “Prime Minister Modi ji has programs and if we implement them, I think the ward in Chennai will become a model ward in itself.” “Location [ward] Culturally rich. It has its own environment. Once you live there, you won’t want to live anywhere else. Public health centres, which are an integral part of people’s daily lives, are good. In those days it was conceived and started. I want to interact with the people of the health center and see how we can improve this kind of service. “I want the local people to discuss their issues with me. It is a transparent process. Let’s say they come to me with a developmental problem, then residents can monitor the level at which we are progressing and how well and fast we can complete welfare schemes.”
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