Friday, 15 April 2016

'People have access to me, unlike Jayalalithaa,' Meet DMK's Simla Muthuchozhan who will take on the TN CM

While her official foray into politics was 5 years ago, DMK candidate Simla Muthuchozhan had a rather unconventional introduction to it all. “When the driver wasn’t in early enough, I would step in as my mother-in-law’s driver to ferry her around party meetings.

Overhearing conversations and meeting people in the process gave me an insight into it all,” she confesses with a chuckle. 

Hailing from Nagercoil, Simla has lived under the shadow of the DMK for 25 years now. Armed with a law and management degree, she has been the convener of the legal wing of the North Chennai Women’s Wing of the DMK and is also the propaganda secretary of the Women’s Wing of the party.

Her mother-in law is Sarguna Pandian, former state minister handed over the reins to her recently.
“I was probably fielded because I know the area like no one else. I am also, a woman,” she says, “but I know can win this. Kalaignar Karunanidhi and Stalin have faith in me for a reason.”

Fair points. She’s often seen out and about on a two-wheeler meeting people who regard her as one of their own families, proof, she says, of her accessibility. But honouring the ties with her own family may just be her very first priority.

Many of her mother-in-law’s schemes, she says, have collected dust since the DMK lost its power in the area. “ Infrastructure projects that the DMK has started is still pending.

The Korrukupet flyover, the Ennore Manali road – RK Nagar is still not as developed as it can be. And drainage issues are never ending. What my mother-in-law intended to change, I want to carry out,” she says.

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