Tamil Nadu election 2026: Poor delivery of schemes, lack of support for agriculture plagues Madurantakam constituency

“When welfare schemes don’t reach the last mile, it is always the under privileged who are deprived,” says J. Thiruvengadam, pensively.

An office-bearer of the farmers’ body in Kamsalapuram village in Madurantakam Taluk, Mr. Thiruvengadam has a straight take for the candidates seeking election from the Madurantakam Assembly Constituency in the upcoming polls: “You tune your machinery to reach the tail end, you will ensure that benefits trickle down to subsistence farmers, those with minor landholdings, and those rearing livestock.”