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A omniscient man’s advice
The timely epistle by Gopalkrishna Gandhi, erstwhile Governor of West Bengal, successful the signifier of an unfastened missive to the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam person C. Joseph Vijay (“An unfastened missive to Joseph Vijay”, May 6), tin beryllium work arsenic a omniscient man’s proposal and, astatine the aforesaid time, a invited caution and alert to the actor-politician who is simply a novice successful governmental governance and administration.
Every syllable of the unfastened missive deserves cautious speechmaking and assimilation by Mr. Vijay if helium has to blossom into a palmy Chief Minister.
Mr. Gandhi’s advocacy for Mr. Vijay to support extortion of India’s national and secular cloth and the tenets of the Constitution arsenic his priority, is laudable. His insistence that helium should travel the lofty ideals of aforesaid respect and equality preached by Periyar EVR and ardently followed successful missive and tone by his illustrious predecessor M.K. Stalin, needs cautious adherence by Mr. Vijay.
All the supra are imaginable lone and lone erstwhile Mr. Vijay realises that the cine glare that has blinded his fans and has made them to ballot his enactment to powerfulness could slice distant anytime.
Tharcius S. Fernando,
Chennai
Candid camera
The representation of the DMK President, M.K. Stalin, waving astatine his supporters successful the Kolathur constituency pursuing his decision successful the Tamil Nadu Assembly elections evokes a consciousness of despondency (Opinion page, “Picture of the week”, May 8). For a person who has done truthful overmuch for his Kolathur constituency successful Chennai implicit the years, particularly successful presumption of infrastructural development, this is surely not the verdict helium deserves.
The beardown enactment for Mr. Stalin from the radical of Kolathur, who turned affectional erstwhile helium visited to convey them, reflects the heavy enslaved helium has built with the residents. One cannot and should not hide that Mr. Stalin made Tamil Nadu economically prosperous, with GSDP maturation of 11.19% successful FY 2024–25 — the archetypal clip successful 14 years that it exceeded 10% — and 10.83% successful 2025–26. In addition, helium implemented payment schemes, peculiarly for women, which gained wide popularity crossed the State.
R. Sivakumar,
Chennai
