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‘There will be only one power centre, that is me’: Vijay takes charge as Tamil Nadu CM

The Indian Express·Arun Janardhanan·23 days ago
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After taking oath as Tamil Nadu Chief Minister on Sunday morning, C Joseph Vijay signed three files that he wanted the state to see first: 200 units of free electricity for domestic consumers , a special force for women’s safety with a helpline, and a statewide anti-drug mechanism. Then he stood up before a roaring crowd and delivered the clearest political message of his young administration. “Nobody should even think that now that we have come to power, we can go on a rampage,” Vijay said. “Do not even keep such ideas in mind. Clear it off. There will be only one power centre, that is me.” It was an unusual first day for a Tamil Nadu CM amid part political transition, part mass spectacle, part emotional culmination of a decades-long film relationship between a star and his audience. And Vijay attempted to present himself as something else: a man inheriting a damaged state and asking for time to rebuild it.…

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