C. Saraswathi[1] | |
Nationality: | Indian |
Party: | Bharatiya Janata Party |
Office1: | Member of Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly |
Constituency1: | Modakkurichi |
Term Start1: | 12 May 2021 |
Predecessor1: | V. P. Subramani |
Spouse: | Chinnasamy |
Education: | MBBS, DCH |
Profession: | Medical doctor, politician |
Alma Mater: | Madras University |
C. Saraswathi is an Indian doctor turned politician and a Member of Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly representing Modakkurichi. She belongs to the Bharatiya Janata Party.
She has qualified as a medical doctor passing the MBBS examination of Madras University in the year 1968. She also qualified with a Diploma in Child Health (DCH) at the same University in 1972.
She is a medical doctor by profession.[2] Together with her husband Chinnasamy, who is also a medical doctor, she owns C. K. Hospital at Erode. Therefore, sometimes, she is called as C. K. Saraswathi.
She contested the 2021 election for Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly from the Modakkurichi (state assembly constituency) in the district of Erode, and won against the DMK's former minister Subbulakshmi Jagadeesan, with a margin of 281 votes.[3]