Who Is S Jothimani? Karur MP Demanding Special Camps For Disabled Persons

S Jothimani, the Member of Parliament from Karur district of Tamil Nadu has been protesting for two days now at the district collector's office. She is demanding that collector allow her to have special camps to selected beneficiaries who can gain from assistive devices supplied by the Artificial Limbs Manufacturing Corporation ( ALIMCO) for persons with disabilities.

The MP of Congress party posted on Twitter on November 25 that she would move a privilege motion in Parliament for not allowing an elected MP like from carrying out her duties. She said that she had sought approval from the Central government to conduct the ALIMCO camps.

She asked if the collectors of Tiruchirapalli, Dindigul and Pudukkottai conducted such camps then why did the Karur collector do that same. Jothimani also shared a letter written by District Collector T Prabhu Shankar in reply to her request for the camps. The collector said that there was no delay as the MP had alleged and they were not able to conduct the camps earlier due to COVID-19 restrictions and after that the mega vaccination camps took over.

He added that, if required, steps would be taken to conduct ALIMCO special camps as per the MP’s request. Jothimani in her tweet of Thursday wrote, "I have personally visited 6300 out of 6800 village (sic) in my constituency. I was shocked by thousands of differently abled people who have sought our assistance. Will I ask for a camp if there was no need? On what basis is the collector not conducting the camps?." She alleged that the district collector is corrupt and hoped for the central government to side with her. She stated that she will not leave the protest site until the district administration declares the dates on which ALIMCO camps would be conducted.

Who Is S Jothimani?

1. Jothimani was elected in Lok Sabha elections of 2019 from Karur.
2. She has been the General Secretary and Vice President of Indian Youth Congress and the Tamil Nadu Youth Congress respectively.
3. She was also part of the Tamil Nadu Censor Board from 2006 and 2009.
4. Jothimani has reportedly represented the Indian Youth Congress at international forums such as American Council for Young Political Leaders and Asian Young Leader's Summit 2009 in Malaysia.
5. As an active member of the Indian Youth Congress, she worked closely with the Congress party leader Rahul Gandhi.
6. She has a degree in Master of Arts and Master of Philosophy from Annamalai University.
7. The MP courted controversy in 2020 when she left a television news debate in the middle after BJP spokesperson Karu Nagarajan made a sexist remark on her. The video of the same had gone viral on the internet with many showing support for Jothimani in form of supportive hashtags.
8. The politician had received candidature from the Congress party in 2011 Tamil Nadu assembly polls and ran for the seat of Karur but she stood defeated.

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