Tamil Nadu Assembly Elections 2021 | Penury doesn't deter this CPI candidate from public service
Politics is my life, says 49-year-old Marimuthu, who lives in a thatched house Amidst a flock of affluent candidates contesting the April 6 Assembly election in Tamil Nadu, K. Marimuthu, the candidate of the Communist Party of India (CPI) for the Thiruthuraipoondi (Reserved) constituency in Tiruvarur district, stands out in stark contrast. The 49-year-old political activist, who lives in a thatched house in Kaduvakudi, has spent over half his life as a full-time party worker fighting for public causes. His wife, Jayasudha, is an agricultural labourer. Mr. Marimuthu, who was born into a fami...