It is the survey season and its coming down proposals of gifts in Tamil Nadu- - clothes washers and computerized tablets from the Dravidian majors AIADMK and DMK- - yet here is an autonomous up-and-comer who is offering too much, straightforwardly.
His survey confirmations may sound odd and close to difficult to accomplish yet R Saravanan is making all eye ball snatching guarantees that one would, at the most ignore, with the expectation of making mindfulness against the gift culture and the tall cases government officials make.
Saravanan, who calls himself by the moniker Thulam Saravanan, has guaranteed to give 100-day free excursion to the moon, free iPhone and surprisingly a smaller than normal helicopter, should individuals choose him as MLA and states every one of his guarantees are a pointer against the gift culture predominant in Tamil Nadu.
The 33-year-old writer's possibilities from Madurai South might be low considering he needs to take on the AIADMK, DMK and AMMK, the entirety of whose competitors are investigating every possibility to get a success, supported by solid gathering organizations.
In the midst of a shower of gifts by a few ideological groups, Saravanan has guaranteed a yearly store of Rupees one crore into the ledgers of each family on the off chance that he is chosen as official.
His inconceivable 14 survey confirmations likewise remember free robots to home creators to help for their homegrown errands, three-celebrated houses with pool for everybody, a small scale helicopter, 100 sovereigns gold to ladies for their marriage, a boat for each family and Rupees one crore to the adolescent to go into undertakings.
Maybe what could take the cake is his guarantee to set up a 300 feet high fake snow mountain to keep the voting demographic cool, other than a space research station and a rocket platform.
His survey guarantees commanded the notice of numerous on the online media and he has become a moment big name in the body electorate not on the grounds that he could win and convey the guarantees - yet more so because of the whimsical confirmations.
He has been accepting more calls continuously.
"I need to make a mindfulness among individuals that they ought not fall prey to gifts," Saravanan, giggling, disclosed to PTI when inquired as to whether he, at the end of the day, accepted whether his thoughts were doable should the neighborhood individuals choose him as their MLA.
"Individuals should emerge from the gift culture and introspect on how the ideological groups have dealt with improve their day to day environments. Different gatherings make tall guarantees during decisions and only from time to time meet individuals once they get chosen," Saravanan, who is battling the survey on trash receptacle image, claims.
He is from Anupanadi in Madurai and his point is to make individuals choose an authentic competitor who can serve them however not offer money or gifts to get chosen.
Archrivals AIADMK and DMK, occupied with an intense fight for power, have guaranteed a huge number of gifts including devices, gives and help to different gatherings of populace.
While the AIADMK has guaranteed clothes washers to all families, DMK said it would part with tablets to understudies, and have tried to charm the womenfolk with guarantees of month to month help.
Kamal Haasan's Makkal Needhi Maiam has likewise guaranteed money help to the older and ladies among others.
The advocates of such largesse have depicted their guarantees as those "liberated from cost" and the rundown eversince 2006 incorporate free shading TV sets, gold for thali (Mangal sutra), PCs and milch cows.