Chennai: tamil Nadu chief minister M.K. stalin has completed 100 days in office, ticking some right boxes, with his proverbial political honeymoon even peppered with some praise from the opposition. stalin assumed office on 7 May, after his DMK-led coalition stormed to power winning 159 of the 234 seats in the state. He completed 100 days on 20 August. The chief minister had to hit the ground running as shortly after he took office, an aggressive second Covid wave hit tamil Nadu.
Does MK stalin take everyone by storm?
The chief minister took a series of steps that earned him praise from surprising inspections, phone calls at twelve o'clock, the sending of MLAs and ministers to their electorates, roping the previous AIDMK government Health Minister. His government has also developed a number of schemes and policy initiatives when the situation in Covid has stabilised. The government's first 100 days achievement includes free bus rides for women, handicapped people and persons, appointing non-Brahman priests to practise temple priests, chanting prayers in tamil and Sanskrit, a 7.5% quota for governmental pupils in professional classes, and a separate agricultural budget.
On the economic front, a summit was held by the DMK-led government and investment MoUs worth Rs 17 000 crores were initiated. In this context, a Nobel laureate Esther Duflo, raghuram Rajan (former RBI Governor), Arvind Subramanian (ex-Chief Economic Adviser of Union Government), Jean Dreze (economic developers), and the former Union finance secretary S. Narayan were brought together into an Economic Advisory Council. The former AIADMK leader in IT, Aspire Swaminathan, said: "There's a world of difference between the people of stalin thought that they were and the stalin that they're like CM." The government makes the right sounds as well.
Adding Laurels?
"We would like to see tamil Nadu become one of South Asia's best countries. The goal of our government is to turn tamil Nadu into a trillion-dollar economy," said stalin in the conclave of investors.
Many of these schemas are also rooted in the history of the Dravidian Movement, which the DMK constantly calls for, such as allowing priests of all castes. Initiatives like women's free bus travel are also taking place. The State did not want the kind of growth, which separates rich from poor people, Thiaga Rajan said in a previous interview.
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