NE NEW SERVICE
NAMAKKAL (TN), DEC 29
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami on Tuesday said he does not hanker for the high post of CM but considered himself as “in-charge” having overall responsibility to “execute the task” people assign to him.
நாமக்கல் மாவட்டம், இராசிபுரத்தில் இன்று (29.12.2020) பெருந்திரளாக கூடியிருந்த பொதுமக்களிடையே தேர்தல் பிரச்சாரத்தை துவக்கி வைத்து, சிறப்புரை ஆற்றினேன். pic.twitter.com/VN1UQhoswM
— Edappadi K Palaniswami – Say No To Drugs & DMK (@EPSTamilNadu) December 29, 2020
His role as chief minister was only to serve the people as what remained everlasting is one’s good deeds.
The chief minister who launched “Vetrinadai Podum Tamizhagam” (Tamil Nadu leading the way), his poll campaign in Rasipuram in Namakkal district, said the people are the real Chief Ministers.
நாமக்கல் மாவட்ட தேர்தல் பிரச்சாரத்தின் போது கோட்டை ஆஞ்சநேயர் கோவில் அருகில் உள்ள சாலையோர வியாபாரிகளிடம் இன்று (29.12.2020) கலந்துரையாடினேன். pic.twitter.com/j822ZwrJQ6
— Edappadi K Palaniswami – Say No To Drugs & DMK (@EPSTamilNadu) December 29, 2020
“Earlier I was introduced as the chief minister. But I see everyone of you as chief minister. The people are the real chief ministers because you gave me this post which I accepted as in-charge to serve you, to execute the task you assign to me.”
“Like others, I don’t hanker for the chief minister’s chair because as one hailing from a village I wish to work hard,” Palaniswami said amid thunderous applause from party workers who had gathered in large numbers. He said he came up in life through sheer hard work.
நாமக்கல் மாவட்டம், ராசிபுரம் பேருந்து நிலையத்தில் அமைக்கப்பட்டுள்ள புரட்சித்தலைவர் எம்.ஜி.ஆர் அவர்களது திருவுருவச் சிலைக்கு மாலை அணிவித்து மரியாதை செலுத்தியதையடுத்து, அங்கு குழுமியிருந்த பொதுமக்கள் அளித்த உற்சாக வரவேற்பில் மனம் மகிழ்ந்தேன். pic.twitter.com/q1XKbvPrTc
— Edappadi K Palaniswami – Say No To Drugs & DMK (@EPSTamilNadu) December 29, 2020
“I came up by working hard and thank our leaders (Late chief ministers) M G Ramachandran and J Jayalalithaa for this. What remains everlasting is our achievements.”
“This is what both our leaders have left behind through their good deeds,” Palaniswami, whom the ruling AIADMK has announced as the chief ministerial candidate for the 2021 polls, said. He is also the AIADMK”s co-coordinator.
Training his guns against DMK President M K Stalin, the chief minister accused him of spreading misinformation that AIADMK party men are involved in door-to-door distribution of tokens for collecting the Pongal gift of Rs 2,500.
Stalin was spreading false information as he was unable to digest the fact that the Pongal cash gift scheme received overwhelming response from the people, he alleged.
His government had announced a Pongal cash gift of Rs 2,500 and hampers to all rice cardholders in the state, as the poor people are affected due to COVID-19 pandemic. “He is doing so because the AIADMK will earn a good reputation among the people,” he said.
Last year, the DMK went to the court seeking to stall the distribution of Rs 1,000 cash to ration cardholders as that party disliked doing good things for the people, Palaniswami said, adding, he had announced Rs 2,500 cash gift to enable the affected people celebrate Pongal happily.
Ramachandran and Jayalalithaa always desired that poor people should live happily and hence the present AIADMK government is fulfilling their desire.
Palaniswami, who earlier offered prayers at the Anjaneyar Temple in Namakkal, appealed to the people to cast their votes in favour of the Two Leaves, the AIADMK symbol, in the next year’s Assembly elections, due in April-May.
He campaigned while sipping tea at a house and interacting with traders and vendors at the temple premises. Electricity Minister P Thangamani, Transport Minister M R Vijayabaskar and Social Welfare Minister Dr V Saroja and MLAs were accompanied the Chief Minister.
