ERODE/NAMAKKAL: Revenue minister K A Sengottaiyan on Friday dismissed AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami’s criticism that the TVK govt is sleeping like Kumbhakarna and failing to maintain law and order. He asserted that TVK president and chief minister C Joseph Vijay was governing Tamil Nadu fearlessly in line with Dravidian principles to protect the state and deliver welfare schemes for people.Sengottaiyan was speaking to reporters after attending Children’s Day celebrations at the Government Higher Secondary School in Bangalapudur near Gobichettipalayam.He expressed confidence that the people of Tamil Nadu have decided on a single leader for the future and asserted that Vijay would continue to win upcoming elections and retain the chief minister’s post.Meanwhile, commercial taxes and registration minister D Lokesh Tamilselvan stated that Tamil Nadu was witnessing a corruption-free administration.Speaking to reporters after offering prayers at the Azhiya Ilangai Amman Temple in Koonavelampatti Pudur near Rasipuram in Namakkal district, the minister said people in the state were satisfied with the governance, noting that the administration was functioning without bribery or corruption. “The registration department is operating efficiently and free of graft,” he said.(Photos: S Parthiban)
