Stalin taking a break in Kodaikanal after intense election work
CHENNAI: After days of hectic election work, chief minister M K Stalin took a break, arriving in Kodaikanal on Saturday with his family members.
Stalin boarded a chartered flight from Chennai airport to Madurai and reached Kodaikanal via road. In Madurai, Tamil Nadu assembly speaker M Appavu welcomed him.
At Madurai airport, when reporters asked him about prospects of DMK alliance, he gave a thumbs-up sign, indicating that DMK-led secular progressive alliance would register “a thumping victory”.
Later, when he reached Kodaikanal, tourists welcomed him. While some posed for photos with him, a tourist insisted that he repeat the ‘over’ gesture he made after seat-sharing talks with Congress at DMK headquarters Anna Arivalayam on March 4. Stalin responded positively.
DMK sources said Stalin and his family were likely to spend three days in Kodaikanal. Stalin has been visiting Kodaikanal after all major elections in 2019, 2021 and 2024 to take a break between polling and election results.
He commenced his campaign from Tiruvarur on March 31 and concluded his 20-day schedule on April 21. Stalin had a hectic campaign schedule, addressing two public meetings every day, followed by morning walks when he shared a cuppa with people and interacted with them.
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Later, when he reached Kodaikanal, tourists welcomed him. While some posed for photos with him, a tourist insisted that he repeat the ‘over’ gesture he made after seat-sharing talks with Congress at DMK headquarters Anna Arivalayam on March 4. Stalin responded positively.
DMK sources said Stalin and his family were likely to spend three days in Kodaikanal. Stalin has been visiting Kodaikanal after all major elections in 2019, 2021 and 2024 to take a break between polling and election results.
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People living in fools paradise, overnight want to be a psephologist! Previously some people (pandits) who live by swindling superstitious Tamilians were predicting that as per Stalin's kundali (??) he can never become CM. He became CM and established himself as an able administrator. Any one except donkeys who had traveled the length and breadth of India, know very well that Tamilnadu is far ahead of any state in India in social parameters such as healthcare, mobility, communication and all Tamilians have a permanent roof over his head and no Tamilian goes to bed with an empty stomach. These are achievements achieved by not surrendering to the central rulers be it Congress or Saffronists/Sanghis. Parties rooted in Tamil culture and traditions know what is good for Tamilnadu and at times it may not align with policies of central government. So what, empowerment of regions/states and regional leaders helps the state to prosper and bolsters federalism. Ideally the center should take care of Defence, Foreign affairs and Monetary Policy and leave it to the state governments to handle all other departments/ministries.Read allPost comment
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