Vijay’s First I-Day Speech As Tamil Nadu CM: ‘Real Freedom’ Means Breaking Caste, Religious Barriers

Vijay
Fi st
I depe de ce
Day
Speech:& bsp;Tamil
Nadu
Chief
Mi iste
Vijay,
delive i g
his
maide
I depe de ce
Day
add ess
afte
taki g
office,
called
o
people
to
move
beyo d
caste
a d
eligious
divisio s,
desc ibi g
f eedom
as
a
co ti ui g
jou ey
that
must
also
co f o t
social
i equality
a d
co uptio .
Speaki g
at
Fo t
St
Geo ge
i
Che ai,
the
52-yea -old
Chief
Mi iste
paid
t ibute
to
those
who
sac ificed
thei
lives
du i g
I dia’s
f eedom
st uggle
a d
said
thei
ideals
should
co ti ue
to
guide
the
state.

Vijay
Says
F eedom
Must
Go
Beyo d
I depe de ce

Vijay
a gued
that
political
f eedom
alo e
does
ot
complete
the
idea
of
libe ty,
sayi g
society
must
also
f ee
itself
f om
divisio s
based
o
caste
a d
eligio .
He
said
people
begi
to
u ite
whe
they
ecog ise
that
they
have
bee
subjected
to
fo ms
of
opp essio ,
a d
that
this
sha ed
ealisatio
ca
help
disma tle
social
ba ie s.
Refe i g
to
Mahatma
Ga dhi’s
visio ,
Vijay
p ese ted
the
ejectio
of
caste
a d
eligious
divisio s
as
a
impo ta t
pa t
of
achievi g
ge ui e
f eedom.

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The
Chief
Mi iste
also
co g atulated
the
people
of
Tamil
Nadu
fo
what
he
desc ibed
as
thei
ejectio
of
mo ey
a d
muscle
powe ,
while
p aisi g
suppo t
fo
social
justice
a d
people-ce t ic
gove a ce.

Vijay
Makes
A ti-Co uptio
D ive
A
‘F eedom’
Missio

The
Chief
Mi iste
also
li ked
the
fight
agai st
co uptio
with
his
b oade
defi itio
of
f eedom.

Add essi g
gove me t
officials,
Vijay
said
his
admi ist atio
was
wo ki g
to
p eve t
public
mo ey
a d
state
eve ue
f om
bei g
dive ted
to
p ivate
i te ests,
as
pe
epo ts.
He
said
effo ts
to
elimi ate
co uptio
ac oss
gove me t
depa tme ts
would
co ti ue,
with
the
admi ist atio
seeki g
to
move
towa ds
a
“missio
mode”
app oach
aimed
at
ze o
co uptio .

Vijay
also
called
fo
citize s
to
adopt
a
ze o-tole a ce
app oach
towa ds
co upt
p actices.

Without
di ectly
ami g
i dividuals,
he
cautio ed
that
effo ts
to
destabilise
o
wo k
agai st
his
gove me t
would
ot
succeed.

Pa e ts,
T isha
Atte d
Vijay’s
Flag-Hoisti g
Ce emo y

Vijay’s
fi st
I depe de ce
Day
eve t
as
Chief
Mi iste
also
d ew
atte tio
fo
the
p ese ce
of
membe s
of
his
family
a d
the
film
i dust y.
His
pa e ts,
SA
Cha d asekha
a d
Shoba
Cha d asekha ,
we e
seated
i
the
f o t
ow,
alo g
with
act ess
T isha,
befo e
Vijay
p oceeded
to
hoist
the
Natio al
Flag.

The
appea a ce
of
T isha
at
the
ce emo y
was
pa ticula ly
otable
give
Vijay’s
lo g
associatio
with
the
Tamil
film
i dust y
befo e
e te i g
electo al
politics.

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A
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Schemes
To
Co ti ue,
New
Be efits
A ou ced

While
outli i g
his
admi ist atio ‘s
app oach
to
welfa e,
Vijay
said
his
gove me t
would
co ti ue
schemes
i t oduced
by
p evious
gove me ts
whe
they
had
delive ed
be efits
to
the
public.

He
cited
the
AIADMK
gove me t’s
Amma
U avagam
ca tee s
a d
the
DMK’s
school
b eakfast
p og amme
as
examples
of
welfa e
i itiatives
that
would
co ti ue.

Vijay
also
a ou ced
the
lau ch
of
the
Thaimama
Tha ga
Mothi am
Thittam
f om
Septembe
15,
ma ki g
the
bi th
a ive sa y
of
fo me
Tamil
Nadu
Chief
Mi iste
a d
D avidia
leade
C
N
A adu ai.
U de
the
scheme,
gold
i gs
will
be
p ovided
to
ewbo s
at
gove me t
hospitals,
with
a
budget
allocatio
of
Rs
755.83
c o e.

Othe
welfa e
measu es
a ou ced
by
the
Chief
Mi iste
i clude
doubli g
weddi g
assista ce
fo
up
to
two
daughte s
of
ex-se viceme
f om
Rs
25,000
to
Rs
50,000.

Mo thly
fi a cial
suppo t
fo
diffe e tly-abled
ex-se viceme
a d
thei
families
will
ise
f om
Rs
5,000
to
Rs
7,000.
Vijay
also
a ou ced
a
i c ease
i
f eedom
fighte s’
pe sio s
to
Rs
23,000,
while
pe sio s
fo
thei
depe de t
family
membe s
will
ise
to
Rs
12,500.

Vijay
D aws
Li e
O
State
Rights

O
elatio s
with
the
U io
gove me t,
Vijay
said
Tamil
Nadu
would
coope ate
with
the
Ce t e
o
admi ist ative
matte s
but
would
ot
comp omise
whe
policies
o
decisio s
affected
the
state’s
ights.

Looki g
towa ds
the
state’s
eco omic
futu e,
Vijay
set
a
ambitious
ta get
of
taki g
Tamil
Nadu’s
eco omy
to
USD
1.5
t illio
by
2036.

He
called
o
the
Tamil
diaspo a
to
co t ibute
to
the
state’s
developme t
a d
u ged
the
you ge
ge e atio ,
pa ticula ly
Ge
Z,
to
play
a
active
ole
i
shapi g
Tamil
Nadu’s
futu e.

His
maide
I depe de ce
Day
add ess
combi ed
social
efo m,
a ti-co uptio
measu es,
welfa e
expa sio ,
state
ights
a d
eco omic
ambitio s,
offe i g
a
ea ly
i dicatio
of
the
p io ities
Vijay
i te ds
to
pu sue
as
Chief
Mi iste .

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