BANSWADA, April 11, 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)
