Chennai, Mar 19 (UNI) A candidate of the actor-politician
Kamal Haasan's Makkal Needhi Maim (MNM) contesting
the April six Tamil Nadu Assembly elections has tested
positive for COVID and has started his campaign online
and on social media platforms from today.
In a tweet, medico-turned-bureaucrat-turned-politician
Dr Santhosh Babu, who is contesting from the Velacherry
Assembly constituency in the city, confirmed that he had
tested positive for COVID-19.
He got admitted himself into a hospital.
In the tweet last night, he said 'I wish to inform my
Velachery voters that I contracted COVID. How unlucky
I am! I really want to meet with all of you and seek your
blessings and votes."
'We will be going on a hyper digital campaign and my
teams will come and meet with you. Do vote for MNM
and me!', he said.
Dr Santosh Babu, who is also the Headquarters General
Secretary of MNM, said he has asked his family members
and those who had been campaigning with him to get
themselves tested.
Stating that he had already started his online campaign,
Dr Santosh babu said he interacted with residents from
the hospital through WhatsApp video calls.
“From today, I started going live on Twitter, Facebook,
Instagram and other social media forums,” he added.
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