BANSWADA, April11, 2004
Till a month ago, Suchi Madhu
Goud, an endocrinologist, had not dreamt that she would be forced
to take plunge into the rough and tumble of the electoral battle
to campaign for her NRI husband and Congress candidate from
the Nizamabad Lok Sabha constituency, Madhu Yaskhi.
Ten days after filing of nomination
by her lawyer-turned-politician husband, Dr. Suchi, who left
behind medical practice in the United States, is going all out
to win the hearts of people. If public meetings and padayatra
became a daily routine for Mr. Yaskhi, his wife did not lag
behind by launching door-to-door campaign in all the seven assembly
segments of the Parliamentary constituency.
Accompanied by a few women and
close relatives, Dr. Suchi pleads with the electorate to give
a chance to her husband. Dr. Suchi seems to have caught the
attention of people with her down-to-earth demeanour.
Dr. Suchi was on a door-to-door
campaign in Banswada town on Saturday when she took some time
off her hectic schedule to speak to The Hindu. Dr. Suchi said
her intention of plunging into the electioneering was to encourage
women to come out and vote and make the right choice. "With
the urge to serve the poor, we have taken a conscious decision
to quit our lucrative practices and return to India,'' she said,
adding that her husband was moved by the death of over 50 farmers
in Machareddy mandal alone due to mounting debts.
"It was here that he took
a decision to adopt Nizamabad district, particularly Machareddy
mandal, and take care of the needs of the families of farmers,"
she said. Narrating her experience in the electioneering, Dr.
Suchi pointed out that though Hyderabad looked developed and
was rated high, the situation was different in the rural areas.
She observed that her husband took
the right decision to join the Congress as it was the only secular
party. Reacting to the opposition to her husband's selection,
she said: "There are all kinds of dirty games and I have
advised my husband to ignore the talk." She exuded confidence
that her husband would win the election.
She said that women beedi workers
were facing a lot of health problems. "I am planning to
hold special medical camps for the women through the Madhu Yaskhi
Foundation.'' She suggested that masks should be provided to
beedi workers to counter lung diseases. (Source The
Hindu)
