Why did Chief Minister Vijay leave without meeting the employees who were protesting near the electricity board office? AMMK General Secretary TTV Dhinakaran has asked.
With power cuts continuing in various parts of Tamil Nadu over the past few days, Chief Minister Vijay suddenly visited the Electricity Board headquarters on Anna Salai in Chennai this morning (Sept. 23) and conducted an inspection.
Regarding this, TTV Dhinakaran said in a post on his X page:
The Chief Minister, who waved to the public for a reels video, why did he leave without meeting the employees who were protesting near the electricity board office?
Regarding the unannounced power cuts that have plunged Tamil Nadu into darkness, did Chief Minister Joseph Vijay, who conducted an inspection today at the Electricity Board headquarters, not hear the voices of the hundreds of employees protesting near the same headquarters, demanding that vacant posts be filled and that appointment orders be issued to those selected through the TNPSC?
Government employees and the public are accusing Chief Minister Joseph Vijay of running the government merely as a formality, following his own whims, and focusing only on reel videos—“reels if he stands, reels if he walks”—instead of paying attention to basic issues that can affect people’s livelihoods, such as power cuts, rising prices, and law and order.
Over the past few days, while the Energy Minister and other ministers have been offering one explanation after another to the point that even scientists are astonished, saying that the wind has stopped, the water has dried up, and they are searching for space to store solar power, the Energy Minister today has come up with a new story that the cause of the power cuts is a shortage of staff and the failure to carry out maintenance work.
Has the Energy Minister, who is responsible for the electricity department and makes it a habit to poke his nose into every issue except that department, and to make controversial remarks with half-baked knowledge like an “all-knowing Ekambaram,” only figured out the reason for the power cuts after all of Tamil Nadu was plunged into darkness, like offering a sun salutation after going blind?
Therefore, I urge the Electricity Board and the TVK government to stop telling new stories and diverting the public by blaming the opposition to cover up their administrative incompetence, and instead focus on identifying the real reasons for the power cuts, resolving them, and ensuring uninterrupted electricity supply, said TTV Dhinakaran.
