Chennai:
The plight of hundreds of homeless people suffering in freezing cold in Delhi has struck a chord down south in Chennai.
Moved by NDTV's efforts to provide them with blankets, popular actor Sarathkumar is collecting blankets to be sent to Delhi. "I'm sad that even people in Kashmir feel the low temperature. Seeing your scroll on NDTV I wanted to do my bit. We shall collect around 800 to 1000 blankets and drop them at your office in Chennai or Delhi," he told NDTV.
The 'Supreme Star' as he is fondly called also tweeted a few times saying "let us all donate a blanket to the cold stricken brethren and families in Delhi".
Another tweet said, "no money only blankets to brave the cold which is 4 degrees in Delhi".
The actor who was a Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha when he was with the DMK, is now an elected MLA from Tenkasi in Tamil Nadu and has his own party, All India Samathuva Makkal Katchi.
To a question on whether India had failed its people, with many battling biting cold without a roof over their heads, Mr Sarath replied saying, "yes we have failed but with more growth there is also opportunity and I hope with good governance and economic development we could end this inequity".
Moved by NDTV's efforts to provide them with blankets, popular actor Sarathkumar is collecting blankets to be sent to Delhi. "I'm sad that even people in Kashmir feel the low temperature. Seeing your scroll on NDTV I wanted to do my bit. We shall collect around 800 to 1000 blankets and drop them at your office in Chennai or Delhi," he told NDTV.
The 'Supreme Star' as he is fondly called also tweeted a few times saying "let us all donate a blanket to the cold stricken brethren and families in Delhi".
Another tweet said, "no money only blankets to brave the cold which is 4 degrees in Delhi".
The actor who was a Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha when he was with the DMK, is now an elected MLA from Tenkasi in Tamil Nadu and has his own party, All India Samathuva Makkal Katchi.
To a question on whether India had failed its people, with many battling biting cold without a roof over their heads, Mr Sarath replied saying, "yes we have failed but with more growth there is also opportunity and I hope with good governance and economic development we could end this inequity".
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