‘India doesn’t tolerate variations, it celebrates’: Sasikanth Senthil, Congress MP | EXCLUSIVE
asikanth Senthil has been a key determine within the Congress’ resurgent efficiency within the 2024 Lok Sabha election, the place they gained 99 seats—up from 52 in 2019. Although he prefers to maintain a low profile, Senthil (45) gained his Lok Sabha election from Tiruvallur, a reserved (Scheduled Caste) constituency in Tamil Nadu, by a margin of over 5 and a half lakh votes, the very best within the State. He has additionally been actively concerned with the Congress “warfare room” for the final election, which he additionally helped arrange in Karnataka forward of the 2023 Meeting election.
Senthil, who comes from a Dalit household, studied engineering at NIT Trichy earlier than cracking the civil companies examination to develop into an IAS officer. However he gave it up in 2019 to take up political activism, subsequently becoming a member of the Congress. Throughout his swearing-in ceremony as MP, he stood out for highlighting injustice in direction of minorities, Dalits, and Adivasis, in step with his get together’s social justice plank.
