Minister of State L. Murugan met reporters in Vellore. Speaking then, he said, “When I met reporters in Chennai yesterday, I had said that bringing the new Secretariat to Pattinapakkam would be seen as a great hardship and suffering inflicted on the fishing community. In response, Minister Adhav Arjuna has given an explanation saying, ‘We are only conducting a study now. No decision has been made yet.’ Is his explanation acceptable anywhere? When the Tamil Nadu government has already issued a government order stating that the new Secretariat will be set up in Pattinapakkam, a government is functioning by lying, saying, ‘We have not even issued a government order yet. We are only conducting a study,’ and deceiving the people of Tamil Nadu, especially the fishing community.

The current government, which came to power by already telling many lies and spreading false information on social media, now saying that even the government order it had already issued does not exist is unacceptable in any way. If the lives of our fishing brothers and indigenous people are to be protected, the Secretariat should not be built in Pattinapakkam. They should abandon that. There is plenty of space in Chennai. Let them go and build it there. Likewise, today there is only one fear in Tamil Nadu. The people of Tamil Nadu are living under the brutal attack of dengue. There has been a deterioration in public health. 16,830 people have been affected by dengue. 9 to 10 people have died from dengue. This government could have acted to control dengue and reduce the power shortage.
`We will provide a transparent, fair government,' they said. But even after more than 4 months, it is not fair to keep blaming the old government. Why the by-election... and by whom? If someone stands for a party, wins, resigns immediately, joins the ruling party, and then contests on their behalf, this is nothing but deceiving the people and those voters. People see this as having a chance of `horse-trading' having taken place. The Health Minister is in charge of the Dharapuram constituency. Instead of doing government work, this by-election, unnecessarily created, is being held by placing a burden on the people with public tax money.
In Chennai, they are chasing and attacking even ruling party members. Law and order in Tamil Nadu has deteriorated on a very large scale. They have not paid attention to any of the things they came saying they would control by telling the people. Everyone is working today for the by-election.

Good news for the people of Vellore district: our Vellore airport is ready. I have been continuously speaking with the Minister of Civil Aviation. All the work has been completed. He has said, “Only the date for the inauguration ceremony remains to be fixed.”
"Tamil Nadu urgently needs `Navodaya' schools. The facilities available in C.B.S.E. and Matriculation schools are also available in Navodaya schools. If that is the case, why do they say they do not want it? How many D.M.K. members are running C.B.S.E. schools? Will those who say they do not want Navodaya schools close their own schools that have those features? Not everything should be viewed only from a business perspective. Likewise, if land is provided in Vellore, it is my responsibility to bring a Kendriya Vidyalaya school," he said.
