Chennai, March 20 -- Naam Tamilar Katchi (NTK) leader Fathima Farhana took a dig at the slew of welfare promises made by the major political parties in Tamil Nadu ahead of the scheduled assembly polls, saying that the "freebies" must ensure sustainable living for the people.

She said that Tamil nationalist NTK favoured "freebies" such as proper education and access to medicine.

"We want to be a change from these common political parties that are already there. When all the other parties are giving Rs 2,000 or so as a freebie to appease votes from the general public, I think the real freebie would be proper education and access to medicine. These should be of international standards. We see neighbouring states providing good medical faci...