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All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) chief J Jayalalithaa is set to be sworn in as the new chief minister of Tamil Nadu on Monday. The new Cabinet will have 34 ministers.
Some of the key portfolios have been allocated to her trusted and senior AIADMK leaders including former chief minister O Panneerselvam (Finance), V Senthil Balaji (Transport), S Thellapndian (Labour), K A Senkottaiyan (Agriculture), Nainar Nagendran (Industry), C V Shanmugam (Education), and Gokula Indira.
Meanwhile, in a surprise move Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Sunday congratulated AIADMK chief and invited her for tea.
Jayalalithaa met the Tamil Nadu governor Surjit Singh Barnala at the Raj Bhavan and staked her claim to form the government. The AIADMK-led front has won 204 of the total 234 seats in the Assembly.
Jayalalithaa, who led the party to a landslide victory, by winning 150 seats of the 160 constituencies in the Tamil Nadu Assembly elections, was elected leader of the AIADMK’s Legislature Party on Sunday. The swearing-in will be held at Madras University's Centenary Hall on Monday.
According to sources in the party, AIADMK chief has invited Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi, former Andhra Pradesh chief minister and TDP leader Chandrababu Naidu and a national representative of the CPI to attend the swearing-in ceremony.
She was elected by 146 newly elected MLAs of the party at a meeting held at the AIADMK headquarters in Chennai. Pazha Karuppiah, who was elected from Harbour constituency, is likely to be the speaker of the 14th Assembly.
Congress president Sonia Gandhi has called up AIADMK chief Jayalalithaa to congratulate her and invited her for discussions over tea. Congress spokesperson Jayanthi Natarajan was quoted saying that it was a "courtesy call" and described it as a healthy trend for a democracy. Natarajan dismissed speculation of a possible alliance with the AIADMK in the future.
The issues ahead
The J Jayalalithaa-led All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) has a lot on its agenda going by the promises made in the manifesto — free green houses, 20 kg of free rice every month, marriage assistance of Rs 25,000 for poor women, four gm of gold for Thali (mangalsutra), free mixers, grinders, fans, 20 litres free drinking water, free laptops to class XI and XII students, and the list goes on.
“While the first priority will be to restore law and order in the state and make the state’s economic strong, we will fulfil our promises, which was given in the party’s 2011 manifesto in the next 18 months,” said Jayalalithaa soon after she was elected.
The question that arises is who is going to bear the cost? In an exclusive interview to Jaya TV, she said making Tamil Nadu as number one state in the country would be the focus and reducing state government’s debt. “The state had been pushed into a debt trap with borrowing amounting to Rs 1 lakh crore. The state treasury is empty and I have to start from scratch.”
How will all this expenditure be met? he new government’s priority list is to find a solution for the power shortage, keep the current growth momentum and financial position at least at current levels, fulfiling the freebie promises, not introduce any new tax and continuing foreign-investment friendly policies.
Some of the key portfolios have been allocated to her trusted and senior AIADMK leaders including former chief minister O Panneerselvam (Finance), V Senthil Balaji (Transport), S Thellapndian (Labour), K A Senkottaiyan (Agriculture), Nainar Nagendran (Industry), C V Shanmugam (Education), and Gokula Indira.
Meanwhile, in a surprise move Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Sunday congratulated AIADMK chief and invited her for tea.
Jayalalithaa met the Tamil Nadu governor Surjit Singh Barnala at the Raj Bhavan and staked her claim to form the government. The AIADMK-led front has won 204 of the total 234 seats in the Assembly.
Jayalalithaa, who led the party to a landslide victory, by winning 150 seats of the 160 constituencies in the Tamil Nadu Assembly elections, was elected leader of the AIADMK’s Legislature Party on Sunday. The swearing-in will be held at Madras University's Centenary Hall on Monday.
According to sources in the party, AIADMK chief has invited Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi, former Andhra Pradesh chief minister and TDP leader Chandrababu Naidu and a national representative of the CPI to attend the swearing-in ceremony.
She was elected by 146 newly elected MLAs of the party at a meeting held at the AIADMK headquarters in Chennai. Pazha Karuppiah, who was elected from Harbour constituency, is likely to be the speaker of the 14th Assembly.
Congress president Sonia Gandhi has called up AIADMK chief Jayalalithaa to congratulate her and invited her for discussions over tea. Congress spokesperson Jayanthi Natarajan was quoted saying that it was a "courtesy call" and described it as a healthy trend for a democracy. Natarajan dismissed speculation of a possible alliance with the AIADMK in the future.
The issues ahead
The J Jayalalithaa-led All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) has a lot on its agenda going by the promises made in the manifesto — free green houses, 20 kg of free rice every month, marriage assistance of Rs 25,000 for poor women, four gm of gold for Thali (mangalsutra), free mixers, grinders, fans, 20 litres free drinking water, free laptops to class XI and XII students, and the list goes on.
The question that arises is who is going to bear the cost? In an exclusive interview to Jaya TV, she said making Tamil Nadu as number one state in the country would be the focus and reducing state government’s debt. “The state had been pushed into a debt trap with borrowing amounting to Rs 1 lakh crore. The state treasury is empty and I have to start from scratch.”
How will all this expenditure be met? he new government’s priority list is to find a solution for the power shortage, keep the current growth momentum and financial position at least at current levels, fulfiling the freebie promises, not introduce any new tax and continuing foreign-investment friendly policies.
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