We spoke with the main party representatives in Tamil Nadu about how this six-month rule of the TVK government has been. In the first part, we spoke with Narayanan Thirupathi, then with former AIADMK minister and Speaker Jayakumar, and with DMK Rajya Sabha MP Constantine Ravindran. Following that, we spoke with the left parties that have been supporting the TVK government. Based on that, CPI Tamil Nadu state secretary Veerapandian, who spoke to us, said, “In Tamil Nadu politics, the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam, which entered the field as a new party, received votes from the people in a way no one expected and was given 108 seats.
Since it is proper, both legally and democratically, to invite them to form the government, we were the first to raise our voice demanding that the Governor invite them to form the government. We also supported the formation of the government thereafter. This decision was taken to ensure that the Governor does not exercise dominance over the people’s mandate and out of respect for the people’s verdict. Although we won as part of the DMK alliance, and even though the TVK was not included in the cabinet or the alliance, we took this position solely in the interest of protecting democracy.
Our consistent insistence has been that this government must fulfill the promises it made during the election and give priority to the demands of workers, the poor, farmers, and ordinary people. In particular, this government must remain steadfast in its policy of secularism. Over the past six months, this government has taken some welcome steps, such as stopping the outsourcing of sanitation worker jobs to private contractors, partially fulfilling the demands of the protesting farmers, and saying that bribery and corruption should not be tolerated.

However, overall, this government has not inspired complete confidence among the people. In a situation where the voting rights of 130 million people across the country have been taken away and the entire nation is in turmoil, the Chief Minister simply passes by without making any comment on it. When law and order deteriorate, he only blames the previous government and does not act with a sense of responsibility. Moreover, even as prices continue to rise uncontrollably, the Chief Minister refuses to take responsibility for it.
The Chief Minister says that officials should function freely without any interference, and that the government will be run according to what the officials say. In the case of honest and good officials, this may be the right approach. But we must not forget that the responsibility to oversee officials lies with the people’s elected representatives.
Whether mistakes happen within the party or outside it, it is the Chief Minister’s foremost duty to eliminate them, point them out, and reprimand them.

In that sense, many demands of the poor and ordinary people have still not been fulfilled and have been left pending. The Chief Minister should think deeply about how to resolve them.
Moreover, rather than focusing on how to govern without upsetting the Union government, the government should pay greater attention to how to govern without hurting the feelings of the poor and ordinary people. Recently, as various allegations have been raised against T.V.K. ministers and MLAs, the Chief Minister met and spoke with them, but no action or information regarding that has been made public.
The Chief Minister is the symbol of authority. Therefore, whether the mistakes happen within the party or outside it, it is his foremost duty to eliminate them, point them out, and firmly condemn them. The Chief Minister should deeply reflect on the demands that have been left unattended by ordinary people, and when major wrongdoings come to his attention, he also has the duty to bring the concerned persons before the law and ensure they are punished," he said.
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