‘Treating assembly like cinema set’: MK Stalin takes dig at CM Vijay’s ‘conduct’

Stali
also
accused
Vijay’s
gove me t
of
co ce t ati g
o
cha gi g
the
ames
of
old
schemes.

NEW
DELHI:

DMK
chief

MK
Stali
o
Satu day
took
aim
at

Tamil
Nadu
chief
mi iste
C
Joseph
Vijay
ove
his
“co duct”
i
the
state
assembly,
accusi g
the
acto -tu ed-politicia
of
t eati g
the
House
like
a
film
set
a d
usi g
it
to
delive
“pu ch
dialogues”.Speaki g
at
a
DMK
executive
meeti g,
Stali
also
accused
Vijay’s
gove me t
of
co ce t ati g
o
cha gi g
the
ames
of
welfa e
schemes
i t oduced
du i g
the
DMK’s
p evious
te u e.”The
p ese t
chief
mi iste
is
busy
cha gi g
the
ames
of
all
the
schemes
we
i t oduced.
He
is
t eati g
the
legislative
assembly
like
a
ci ema
set
a d
delive i g
pu ch
dialogues.
As
fa
as
we
a e
co ce ed,
whethe
we
wi
o
lose,
we
a e
people
who
emai
deeply
co ected
with
the
day-to-day
lives
of
the
people,”
MK
Stali
said.Stali ‘s
ema ks
came
as
the
DMK
executive
meeti g
also
focused
o
cha ges
to
the
pa ty’s
o ga isatio al
st uctu e,
i cludi g
measu es
aimed
at
b i gi g
mo e
you g
people
i to
key
positio s.

Stali
says
electio
defeat
is
ot
pe ma e t
setback

Add essi g
the
pa ty’s
ece t
electo al
defeat,
Stali
said
the
DMK
had
lost
a
electio
but
should
ot
view
the
esult
as
a
pe ma e t
setback.”Let
us
co side
this
as
a
oppo tu ity
we
have
bee
give
to
pla
the
futu e
of
the
pa ty.

This
is
goi g
to
be
a
ve y
impo ta t
Executive
Committee
meeti g
i
the
histo y
of
the
pa ty.
With
you
app oval,
we
a e
goi g
to
make
majo
a d
sig ifica t
cha ges
to
the
o ga isatio al
st uctu e
of
the
pa ty,”
said
Stali .He
ack owledged
that
the
pe fo ma ce
of
pa ty
office-bea e s
had
co t ibuted
to
the
defeat
a d
said
the
o ga isatio
eeded
to
ecog ise
its
sho tcomi gs
i stead
of
simply
eplaci g
i dividuals.”Eve
if
the
mistake
is
committed
by
a
i dividual,
it
is
the
75-yea -old
pa ty
that
suffe s
because
of
it.
Afte
a
defeat,
ma y
easo s
a e
put
fo wa d.
I stead
of
exami i g
each
co stitue cy
i dividually,
ide tifyi g
sho tcomi gs
a d
simply
eplaci g
people,
I
decided
that
we
eed
to
u de take
a
comp ehe sive
self-assessme t,”
he
said.

DMK
sets
age
a d
te m
limits
fo
pa ty
posts

The
executive
meeti g
passed
a
se ies
of
esolutio s
aimed
at
cha gi g
the
pa ty’s
o ga isatio al
st uctu e
a d
i c easi g
the
pa ticipatio
of
you ge
membe s.The
esolutio s
fixed
the
maximum
age
fo
a
B a ch
Committee
Sec eta y
at
45
yea s.
The
post
was
i itially
limited
to
two
te ms,
although
the
te m
limit
was
late
i c eased
to
th ee
te ms
followi g
discussio s
with
membe s
of
the
DMK
Executive
Committee.The
pa ty
also
decided
to
c eate
B a ch
Committees
i
Che ai,
Coimbato e,
Madu ai,
Ti uchi appalli
a d
Salem
co po atio s,
as
well
as
i
othe
co po atio s
whe eve
equi ed,
to
st e gthe
Wa d
Committees.I
Che ai
Co po atio ,
wa d
committees
will
cove
a
ave age
of
10,000
vote s,
while
the
co espo di g
figu e
will
be
a ou d
5,000
vote s
i
othe
co po atio s.Fo
Mu icipal,
City
a d
Tow
Pa chayat
Wa d
Committee
Sec eta ies,
the
maximum
age
has
bee
set
at
50
yea s,
with
a
maximum
of
th ee
te ms
followi g
the
evised
decisio .The
maximum
age
fo
Tow
Pa chayat
Committee
Sec eta ies
has
bee
fixed
at
60
yea s,
with
the
same
th ee-te m
limit.

DMK
ed aws
local
o ga isatio al
st uctu e

U de
the
ew
st uctu e,
A ea
Committees
i
Che ai
Co po atio
will
cove
a
ave age
of
40,000
vote s,
while
those
i
othe
co po atio s
will
cove
a ou d
30,000
vote s.The
maximum
age
fo
A ea
Committee
Sec eta ies
has
bee
fixed
at
60
yea s,
with
a
maximum
of
th ee
te ms.

City
Committees
will
also
cove
a
ave age
of
40,000
vote s.
Thei
Sec eta ies
will
have
a
maximum
age
of
60
yea s
a d
a
th ee-te m
limit.The
pa ty
has
fu the
decided
that
o e
U io
Committee
should
be
fo med
fo
eve y
ave age
30,000
vote s.
U io
Committee
Sec eta ies
will
have
a
maximum
age
of
60
yea s
a d
ca
se ve
fo
up
to
th ee
te ms.The
o ga isatio al
cha ges
a e
pa t
of
Stali ‘s
b oade
effo t
to
est uctu e
the
pa ty
followi g
its
electo al
setback,
with
g eate
emphasis
o
youth
pa ticipatio ,
fixed
te u e
a d
a
wide
i te al
assessme t
of
the
pa ty’s
fu ctio i g.

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