In the 2022 general election, Saraswathy made her electoral debut after being nominated by PH to contest for the Tapah federal seat.

She lost to defending MP Saravanan Murugan of Barisan Nasional (BN) by a minority of 5,064 votes.

In addition, she reported that there were 8,428 neighbourhood watch committees established nationwide with the membership of 210,000 individuals, encompassing 12.5 million people.

Besides, she also outlined the objective of the ministry was to realise the empowerment initiatives as a force for progressive community development through eight areas of focus ranging from the economy and livelihood, security and self-reliance, leadership, community well-being, lifelong learning and the environment to cultural and digital heritage.

Furthermore, she noted that several activities had been drawn up to encourage the participation of youths in neighbourhood community (KRT), like the Young, Effective and Smart (YES) programme, Jiran Muda as well as e-Entrepreneur and Young Neighbour Innovation Team initiative.