Stalin says he wants to make Tamil Nadu the number one state in country

MADURAI: Chief minister M K Stalin on Saturday said he wants to make Tamil Nadu the number one state in the country.
Speaking at a gram sabha in Papapatti panchayat in Madurai district, Stalin said, “I have been voted the best performing chief minister (in a media survey). But what I really want to do is to make Tamil Nadu the number one state.”
Stalin, who created history by becoming the first chief minister to participate in a gram sabha, said he had come to Papapatti because the village stood for social equality.
He recalled how the DMK government in 2006 achieved the impossible by conducting an election to Papapatti local body. "This was achieved by the officers Ashok Vardhan Shetty and T Udhayachandran. Udhayachandran was your collector then, and now he is my personal secretary,” he said.
After elections were conducted for the reserved constituencies of Papapatti, Keeripatti, Nattarmangalam and Kottakatchiyendal, the then chief minister M Karunanidhi called for a celebration. A Samathuva Peruvizha was held in Chennai. “It was during this festival that VCK leader Thol Thirumavalavan gave Kalaignar the title of Samathuva Periyar,” Stalin said.